Printed Books & Maps Children’s & Illustrated Books 20th Century Literature 12/13 DECEMBER 2018
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PRINTED BOOKS, MAPS & AUTOGRAPHS CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE 12 & 13 December 2018 COMMENCING VIEWING
10am Tuesday 11 December - 9am-6pm Wednesday 12 December from 9am Thursday 13 December from 9am
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SALE INFORMATION All lots are offered subject to the Conditions of Sale and Business exhibited in the saleroom and printed at the back of this catalogue. For full terms and conditions of sale please see our website or contact the auction office. A buyer’s premium of 20% of the hammer price is payable by the buyers of all lots, except those marked with an asterisk, in which case the buyer’s premium is 24%. Artist’s Resale Rights Law (Droit de Suite). Lots marked with AR next to the lot number may be subject to Droit de Suite. For further details see Information for Buyers at rear of catalogue. BIDDING Bidding in Person: Customers are asked to pay cash or establish a credit with the Auctioneers prior to the sale. Payment may be made while the sale is in progress: please see the cashier in the auction office. For all other payment arrangements please refer to information at the end of the catalogue. Online Bidding: Live online bidding is available at the-saleroom.com (surcharge of 4.95% + vat) and invaluable.com (surcharge of 3% + vat).
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CONTENTS Day One Travel & Exploration
1-37
British Topography
38-65
Natural History
66-127
The Martin Woodcock Ornithological Library
128-163
Maps
164-249
Decorative & Natural History Prints
250-290
Periodicals
291-294
Antiquarian
295-366
Early Printed & Manuscript Music
367-373
Islamic & Eastern Books & Manuscripts
374-386
Historical Documents & Ephemera
387-397
Art & Architecture Reference
398-410
General Literature
411-436
Book Furniture
437-438
Quantity
439-536
Day Two 19th & 20th Century Paintings, Watercolours & Modern Prints
537-616
19th & 20th Century Original Art by British Illustrators
617-659
Antiquarian Juvenile Books
660-672
Teddy Bears, Toys & Games
673-694
Children’s & Illustrated Books
695-782
Early & Illustrated Editions of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
783-812
Whittington & other Private Press Books from a Private Collection
813-850
Private Press Books (other Properties)
851-869
Literary & Historical Autographs
870-902
E. P. Goldschmidt Archive
903-912
Modern Literature from the Collection of Aidan Chambers Modern First Editions
Cover illustrations: Front cover: lot 619 Inside front cover: lot 855
913-921 922-1000
Inside back cover: lot 624 Back cover: lot 147
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Three photographs of Maria Callas in costume, each signed, dated 1958 (from a private collection of opera memorabilia, to be sold 30 January 2019).
FORTHCOMING SALES IN 2019 Wednesday 30 January
Printed Books, Maps & Documents Mathematics & Computing: A Private Collection Film Poster Artwork & Opera Memorabilia
Wednesday 13 February
Unreserved Online Sale
Wednesday 6 March
Printed Books, Maps & Documents The Ladwell Ornithological Library, Part I Early Agricultural Prints
Thursday 7 March
Fine Art & Antiques 19th & 20th Century British Art
Wednesday 10 April
Printed Books, Maps & Documents Important Geological Works, Fossils & British Topography
Thursday 11 April
Vintage Cameras & Photography
Wednesday 15 May
Printed Books, Maps & Documents Travel & Exploration The Ladwell Ornithological Library, Part II
Thursday 16 May
Aviation, Military & Maritime History, Medals & Militaria
Entries are invited for the above sales: please contact one of our specialist staff for further advice
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TRAVEL & EXPLORATION To commence at 10am 1 Ackersdijck (Jan). Verhaal eener reize in Rusland, gedaan in het jaar 1835, 2 volumes, Groningen: W. van Boekeren, 1840, halftitles, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, scattered spotting, contemporary crushed half morocco, gilt decorated spines, 8vo Account of a four month journey to St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Kazan, returning via Moscow. (2) £100-150
2 Barrow (John). An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1801-4, 9 folding charts (most coloured), folding aquatint plate, title pages browned, spotting to endpapers and index leaves, light spotting and offsetting to a few charts, slightly stronger to that at front of volume 1, this also with a short repaired tear, tide-marks in lower margin of chart facing volume 2 p. 255 encroaching on frame only, contemporary ownership inscriptions of one Thomas Kitson to title pages, contemporary sprinkled half calf, red morocco labels, minor loss to headcaps, 4to (25.8 x 20.5cm) Abbey Travel 320, Mendelssohn I p. 140. (2)
£300-500
3 [Bird, Isabella]. The Englishwoman in America, 1st edition, John Murray, 1856, 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear, contents toned, damp-staining to fore edges of front free endpaper and initial blank, inner hinges cracked, engraved bookplate (John Murray of Touchadam), contemporary bookseller’s ticket and 2 other effaced labels to front pastedown, a few other minor spots and marks, original pink cloth, spine sunned and slightly marked, small chip to headcap, tips slightly bumped and worn, 8vo
Lot 2
Sabin 5545. First edition of the first book by ‘the most notable woman traveller of her time’ (ODNB). Rare in commerce. (1) £300-500
4 Boer War. The Work of the Ninth Division, by Major-General Sir H.E. Colvile, 1st edition, 1901, folding maps, advertisements at end, endpapers spotted with clear tape marks, previous owner signature, original cloth, spine toned and a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Story of the 34th Company (Middlesex) Imperial Yeomanry. From the point of view of Private No. 6243, by William Corner, 1st edition, 1902, folding maps, half-tone illustrations, a few minor spots, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a few small faded and stained patches, 8vo, plus War Record of the York & Lancaster Regiment 1900-1902. From Regimental and Prive Sources, by A.H.C. Kearsey, 1st edition, 1903, folding map (with tears along folds), illustrations, some spotting, library blindstamp to front endpaper, original cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo (3)
£80-120
5 Camena d’Ameida (Pierre & Jongh, Francis de). L’Armée Russe d’après photographies instantanées exécutées..., Paris, [1896], heiogravure portrait, mounted chromolithograph plates, black & white illustrations from photos, sewing broken and contents loose, original wrappers, detached, lacking spine, slim folio, together with MacMunn (G.F.), The Armies of India, 1911, numerous colour plates (few loose), top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, 4to, with Reports, Correspondence and Original Papers..., connected with the duties of the Corps of Engineers, Madras Presidency. Arranged and printed for private circulation by Captain J.T. Smith, volume 2 only, Madras, 1859, and Plates for Major Straith’s Treatise on Fortification and Artillery, 6th edition, 1852, linen-backed engraved plates and plans, some with juvenile marks and drawings Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (4)
Lot 3
£80-120
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6 Churchill (Winston S.). Ian Hamilton’s March, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900, half-tone frontispiece, folding colour map, sketch-maps in text, 4 + 32 pp. advertisements to rear, map slightly spotted, bookplate of the earls of Northesk, ownership inscription ‘Northesk, Dec 1st 1900’ to initial blank, original red cloth, spine sunned, headcaps slightly frayed, damp-stain to rear board, corners slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Savrola, a Tale of the Revolution in Laurania, 1st UK edition, 1st issue, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900, publisher’s imprint to title page verso dated 1899, 2 pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear, browning to endpapers and blanks, ink-stamp of the Kyrle Society, Manchester to initial blank, original green cloth, spine relined, slightly nicked at foot, a few pale marks to boards, lower outer corner of front board bumped and worn, 8vo Woods A5, A3(b). Provenance (Ian Hamilton’s March): David Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk (1865-1921). (2) £150-200
7 Churchill (Winston S.). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, 1st edition, 2nd state, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898, half-tone frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, 4 sketchmaps, errata slip tipped to p. 1 (indicating second state), 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue dated ‘12/97’ to rear, very faint mark to p. 1, a few small spots to edges very occasionally appearing in margins, original green cloth, a bright copy, 8vo, together with a contemporary pen-and-ink sketch of the Malakand Pass (spotted, 11.5 x 18cm), and 1 albumen and 4 silver gelatin print photographs of native troops and a British officer, identified in manuscript captions versos or on mounts as the 30th Punjab Native Infantry and a Colonel O’Bryen (see note), some chipping, photographs including 2 large group portraits mounted on card (approximate dimensions 22 x 28cm) Woods A1(a). A bright copy of Churchill’s first book, accompanied by a collection of contemporary photographs apparently depicting LieutenantColonel James Loughan O’Bryen of the 31st Punjab Infantry (not the 30th regiment as indicated by the captions), whose death in action on 2 October is described by Churchill at pp. 245-6. Provenance: acquired by the vendor from a descendant of O’Bryen circa 2010. (2) £800-1200
Lot 6
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8 Churchill (Winston S.). London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 1st edition, 1900, half title, four maps (three folding), advertisements at end, all edges gilt, modern red morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt facsimile signature to upper cover, lion rampant tools to spine compartments, 8vo Woods A4. Attractive copy. (1)
£300-400
9 Cook (James, & James King). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785, engraved title vignettes, 24 engraved plates and charts, many folding, folding letterpress table, water-damage to rear of volume 2 to substantial loss of text in final 14 leaves and partial loss of image in one plate, leaves 3O2-3 loose, engraved armorial bookplate to volume 1, contemporary tan quarter calf, twin morocco labels, vellum tips, rubbed and worn, volume 2 labels perished and rear board detached, 4to (29.8 x 21.7cm) Beddie 1552, Hill 361, Sabin 16250. Second and best edition; the folio atlas was issued separately. (3) £300-500
Lot 8
10 Dameto (Juan Bautista). The Ancient and Modern History of the Balearick Islands; or of the Kingdom of Majorca: which Comprehends the Islands of Majorca, Minorca, Yvica, Formentera and others..., translated from the original Spanish [by Colin Campbell], 1st English edition, William Innys, 1716, two folding engraved maps (including one of Majorca), some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed and some wear to edges, covers detached, 8vo Palau 68215. First English edition of Dameto’s history of the Balearic Islands published in a second edition three years later. (1) £400-600
11 Fergusson (W.N.). Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, 1st edition, 1911, photogravure portrait frontispiece (detaching), two folding maps, half-tone illustrations, additional map bound in at front, occasional light soiling, top edge gilt, original pictorila cloth, edges slightly rubbed, one corner a little bumped, prospects loosely inserted, 8vo, together with Days and Nights with Indian Big Game, by Major-General A.E. Wardop, 1st edition, 1923, illustrations, light toning to endpapers, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, with two others: F.L. Puxley’s In African Game Tracks, 1929 and J.H. Patterson’s In the Grip of the Nyika, 1910 reprint
Lot 9
(4)
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£150-200
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Lot 13 12 Fryer (John). The Voyage of the Bounty Launch. John Fryer’s Narrative, with an introduction by Stephen Walters, Genesis Publications/Rigby Limited, 1979, folding map, colour and monochrome facsimile illustrations, original blue half calf gilt, slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 17/500, together with The Letters of Fletcher Christian, Genesis Publications, 1984, colour and monochrome facsimile illustrations, all edges gilt, original black half morocco gilt, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 17/350, plus An Account of the Mutinous Seizure of the Bounty, Genesis Publications, 1987, mounted colour photographs, facsimile illustrations, original green half morocco gilt, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 11/150
14 Hakluyt Society. English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595, edited by K.R. Andrews, 1959, La Australia Del Espiritu Santo, 2 volumes, edited by Celsus Kelly, 1966, The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt, 3 volumes, edited by M. Aurousseau, 1967, George Vancouver, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, 4 volumes, edited by W. Kaye Lamb, 1984, together with 34 further volumes of Hakluyt Society, including The Original Writings and Correspondence of the Two Richard Hakluyts, 2 volumes, 1935, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, some duplicate volumes, 8vo
(3)
15 Hamilton (Angus). Somaliland, 1st edition, 1911, portrait frontispiece, folding map at end (closed tears), illustrations, previous owner signature and small stickers at front, top edge gilt, original red cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, together with England in the Sudan, by Yacoub Pasha Artin, translated from the French of the author by George Robb, 1st edition, 1911, folding map, illustrations, a few leaves detaching, a little light spotting, original cloth, edges rubbed, small marks to lower cover, 8vo, plus K.A.R. Being an Unofficial Account of the Origin and Activities of the King’s African Rifles, by W. Lloyd-Jones, 1st edition, 1926, folding map, illustrations, light toning front and rear, original cloth gilt, spine a trifle darkened, 8vo, with six others related including Major H. Rayne’s The Ivory Raiders, 1923, W. Lloyd-Jones’s Havash! Frontier Adventures in Kenya, 1925, Piere Crabites The Winning of the Sudan, 1934, and an HMSO paper ‘Correspondence respecting Abyssinian Raids and Incursions into British Territory’, 1925
(44)
£100-150
13 Guignes (Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de). Voyages à Peking, Manille et l’Ile de Francem faits dans l’intervalle des années 1784 à 1801, Atlas [only], 1st edition, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1808, 60 engraved plates containing 92 discrete images, 6 maps of which 4 folding, 2 additional engraved plates after Guignes not called for in list of plates bound in, entitled ‘Pagode Chinoise située à l’entrée du Port de Macao’ and ‘Vue de la Porte occidentale de la Ville Tartare à Peking’, light to moderate spotting, occasional marginal damp-staining just encroaching on edges of final few plates and maps, ink-stamp to title page, bookplate, all edges untrimmed, contemporary pink paper boards, worn, front board detached, folio (43 x 26.5cm) Cordier Sinica 2351-2. (1)
£800-1200
(9)
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£100-150
£200-300
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16 Hills (Robert). Sketches in Flanders and Holland; with Some Account of a Tour Through Parts of those Countries Shortly After the Battle of Waterloo..., 1816, 36 aquatint plates, complete as list (including 5 hand-coloured and one folding), occasional light spotting (generally clean copy with wide margins), contemporary black half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed with some wear to head and foot of spine, large 4to Abbey, Travel 187. Landwehr 311. An account of a tour by the painter and engraver Robert Hills (1769-1844), including views of Bruges, Rotterdam, Haarlem, and Amsterdam. (1) £300-500
Lot 18
17 Ireland (Samuel). A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant and part of France; made in the autumn of 1789..., 2 volumes, printed by T. & I. Egerton, 1795, additional sepia aquatint vignette half title to each volume. forty-six sepia aquatint plates and two uncoloured etched plates, a few illustrations to text, occasional scattered spotting, marbled endpapers, book plate of Alexander Macalister to front pastedown and book plate of Henry J. B. Clements to front endpaper, upper hinges cracked, contemporary calf with faint dicing, gilt decoration to spine and boards, sidings with the gilt armorial crests of Sir Simon R. B. Taylor Bart., rebacked but retaining original spine, some wear to extremities, bumped and frayed at corners, small folio in 4s
19 Jessen (B.H.). W.N. McMillan’s Expeditions and Big Game Hunting in Sudan, Abyssinia & British East Africa, for private distribution only, 1906, large folding map contained in rear pocket, numerous illustrations, endpapers renewed, original red cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, large 8vo (Czech 2011, pages 141-42), together with The Geographical Journal for February 1905 (with extract of Jessen’s work ‘South-Western Abyssinia’), tear and loss to front cover, with loose folding letter from the Royal Geographical Society, 1947, awarding a Fellowship of the Society to Ian Mumford (map historian)
Large paper copy. Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor, second Bart, (1783 - 1815) of Lysson Hall, was a second generation sugar tycoon based in Jamaica. (2) £200-300
18 Isabelle (Arsène). Voyage à Buenos-Ayres et à Porto-Alègre, par la Banda-Oriental, les missions d’Uruguay et la province de RioGrande-do-Sul (de 1830 à 1834), 1st edition, Le Havre: J. Morlent, 1835, half-title, 4 lithographic plates including frontispiece, folding map, errata leaf, list of subscribers, spotting, contemporary maroon quarter morocco, rubbed, 8vo (23.5 x 14.7cm), together with: Biard (François), Deux années au Brésil, 1st edition, Paris: L. Hachette et Cie, 1862, numerous wood-engraved plates and text illustrations, folding map, contemporary red quarter morocco, green vellum tips, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo (24.5 x 15.5cm), and 2 others (travel, leather-bound)
(1)
£300-500
20 Lapie (Alexander Emile & Pierre). [Atlas Universal de Géographie ancienne et Moderne], circa 1854, lacking title and preliminaries, thirty-seven (only of fifty) double page maps and plans, the maps all with contemporary outline colouring, a few maps with frayed margins, contents shaken and loose, slight spotting throughout, a few maps with old library stamps to verso and recto, upper hinge broken, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, folio
Borba de Moraes I p. 355 and 91-2, Sabin 35240 and 5134. ‘Isabelle’s book ... is full of interest, and precious in its Brazilian section ... This work is not easy to find today’ (Borba de Moraes). (4) £250-350
Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
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£100-150
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Lot 23
21 Lawrence (T.E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom. The Complete 1922 Text, 3 volumes (text/illustrations), Castle Hill Press, Fordingbridge, 1997, two folding maps in volume I rear pocket, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed boards and limp cloth, dust jackets, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 184/752, together with Palestine Exploration Fund. Annual 1914-1915. The Wilderness of Zin (Archaeological Report), by C. Leonard Woolley and T.E. Lawrence, folding plan, maps and illustrations, light spotting to endpapers and fore margins, original cloth-backed boards (some marginal fading and a few spots to upper cover), 4to, with eight others including Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935, The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, 1938, The Mint, 1955 and Freya Stark’s East is West, 1945 (10)
23 Mandelslo (Johann Albrecht von). Voyages celebres et remarquables, faits de Perse aux Indes orientales ... contenant unde description nouvelle et très-curieuse de l’Indostan, de l’Empire du Grand-Mogol, des îles et presqu’îles de l’Orient, des royaumes de Siam, du Japon, de la Chine, du Congo, etc. ... mis en ordre et publiez ... par Adam Olearius, traduits de l’original par A. de Wicquefort ... nouvelle edition revûe et corrigée exactement, augmentée considerablement, Amsterdam: Michel Charles Le Cène, 1727, half-title to volume 1, title pages printed in red and black, engraved arms to dedication, portrait 20 maps and plans (most of them folding), 16 folding views including panorama of Tokyo, 1 folding plate depicting Hottentots, 7 further plates not mentioned in the ‘avis au relieur’, 19 vignettes in the text, final privilege leaf, additional engraved title and volume 2 half-title lacking, occasional spotting and browning, later hand-colouring to folding map ‘Royaume de Perse’ and the views of Gamron (i.e. Bandar Abbas) and Anvers, plan of Goa with small rupture to intersection of folds, map of the Congo with short split along one fold, short closed tear to ‘La rade de Batavia’ plate not affecting image, mild damp-staining towards rear, near-contemporary calf, gilt spine, joints cracking superficially at ends, folio (31 x 19cm)
£300-500
22 Lloyd (W.W.). On Active Service, 1890, 20 chromolithographed plates, a little light soiling and marginal water stains, original clothbacked pictorial boards, some edge wear soiling, oblong 4to, together with Life in the Army, by R. Simkin, circa 1889, 20 chromolithographed plates, a little light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription, original cloth-backed boards, some wear to corners, a little rubbed, oblong 4to, with two others similar: W.J. Gordon’s Bands of the British Army, circa 1900 and R. Simkin’s Our Armies, 2nd edition, 1892 (4)
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Atabey 884 (accompanied by a copy of Olearius’s Voyages ... faits en Moscovie, Tartarie, et Perse), Cordier Indosinica 883, Japonica 367-8, Sinica 2077, Cox I pp. 271-2 for other editions. Re-issue of Van der Aa’s 1719 Leiden edition, the preferred edition of a work first published in German in 1647. Mandelslo travelled to Persia in 1633 as part of an embassy sent by the Duke of Holstein; the other ambassadors remained in Persia but Mandelslo obtained permission to continue to India, sailing from Hormuz on the Persian Gulf in 1638 and landing at Surat, thence travelling throughout India and returning to London via Ceylon and Madagascar. In addition to the regions visited, the plates and maps depict China, Japan, and various locations in the Dutch East Indies. (1) £1800-2200
£100-150
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25* Moore (Lieutenant Joseph). Five aquatint plates from Eighteen Views taken at and near Rangoon, published by Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen & Thomas Clay, 1825-26, together five hand-coloured aquatint views, engraved by G. Hunt, T. Fielding and H. Pyall after Joseph Moore, comprising plates 2, 5, 9, 10 & 15 (from the complete set of 18), plate size 33 x 43cm (13 x 17ins), with margins, plate 2 with some worming and associated marks, old ebonised wood frames (of slightly varying sizes), glazed Abbey, Travel 404. Tooley 334. Titles are: View of the landing at Rangoon of part of the Combined Forces from Bengal and Madras, Scene upon the Terrace of the Great Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon, Scene from the Upper Terrace of the Great Pagoda at Rangoon, to the South East, The Storming of the Lesser Stockade at Kemmendine near Rangoon on the 10th of June, 1824, & The Storming of one the principal Stockades on its inside. (5) £500-700
24 Mauritius. Manuscript handbook to the dependencies of Mauritius, circa 1900, approximately 50 leaves + numerous blanks, several leaves written on rectos or versos only, contents leaf headed ‘List of Dependencies of Mauritius’, 10 manuscript charts and plans (of which 7 on india or other thin paper, mounted), depicting the Aldabra Group and Assumption Island (both part of the Seychelles) and Malé (Maldives), mounted maps stained from adhesive, ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated ‘Seychelles 1900’, disbound, narrow folio (32 x 15cm)
26 Pouqueville (François). Voyage de la Grèce, 2nd edition, ‘revue, corrigée, augmentée’, 6 volumes, Paris: Firmin Didot, 1826-7, 36 lithographic maps and plates (of 38: lacking the 2 maps to rear of volume 6), several folding, variable spotting and browning, Greek collector’s ink-stamps, contemporary green roan-backed marbled boards, green vellum tips, rubbed, 8vo (20.2 x 12.2cm), together with Japan Society, Transactions and Proceedings, 14 volumes, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Limited, 1893-1924, including volumes 1-3, plates, original cloth or wrappers, a few rebound, wear, 8vo, and 19 volumes of the Transactions of the Asiastic Society of Japan, mainly reprints, 1893-1939
The dependencies of the crown colony of Mauritius included the Chagos Islands, the Seychelles, and other islands and archipelagos. A note on the leaf following the contents leaf states that the information for the first 15 dependencies is ‘derived from a report of the Stipendary Magistrate made in 1880 ... in the possession of Mr Hobbs of the Mauritius C. S. (Survey Dept.); the information for the Aldabra Group is attributed to a report by surveyor S. C. E. Baty dated December 1895. (1) £200-300
Atabey 991 and Blackmer 1346 for Pouqueville. Copies are encountered with various numbers of plates ‘and it is possible that in some instances the copies were actually issued thus’ (Blackmer); Blackmer’s copy had 14 only. (39) £200-300
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27 Raoul-Rochette (Désiré). Monumens inédits d’antiquité figurée, grecque, étrusque et romaine, première partie, cycle héroïque [all published], 1st edition, Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833, 93 lithographic plates numbered 1-80, several double-page or folding, 5 printed in orange in imitation of antique pottery, 1 handcoloured, most with tissue guards, 12 engraved or lithographic vignettes, 1 hand-coloured aquatint vignette, spotting, closed tear in plate 45, Dampierre bookplate, later red half morocco, gilt spine, large folio (52 x 34cm) Not in Atabey or Blackmer but cf. Blackmer 1390-2 for other works by the author. Raoul-Rochette (1789-1854) travelled in Italy and Sicily in 1826-7 and drew on the work of Hittorff for his Monumens inédits, which is scarce in commerce. The plates are variously after Arnout, Vauthier, Granger, Francesco Inghirami, Muret and L. Dupré. (1) £800-1200
28 Robertson (John). Six Years on the Road: or, Reminiscences of Colonial Life, Scenes, and Incidents, 1st edition, Cape Town: for the author, 1856, errata slip, bookplate of South African bibliographers Ida and F. W. Hosken, contemporary cloth, label to front board, spine sunned, covers marked, 12mo (19.2 x 10.8cm), together with: Du Chaillu (Paul B.), A Journey to Ashango-Land: and Further Penetration into Equatorial Africa, 1st edition, John Murray, 1867, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, folding map to rear (slightly spotted), Hosken bookplate, inner hinges slightly tender, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, fraying to spine ends, tips bumped and worn, 8vo, Ball (Benjamin Lincoln), Rambles in Eastern Asia, including China and Manilla, 1st edition, Boston: James French and Company, 1855, lithographic map, mild spotting, original cloth, wear to spine-ends, pale marks to covers, 8vo, Scott (James George), France and Tongking, a Narrative of the Campaign of 1884 and the Occupation of Further India, 1st edition, T. Fisher Unwin, 1885, folding map frontispiece (with tear to one fold), 2 folding plans, original red cloth (secondary binding without the Chinese characters gilt to the front board), spine sunned, 8vo, and approximately 30 others, all travel, East Asia and elsewhere, 19th and 20th century, original cloth, 8vo
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Mendelssohn II p. 234 for Robertson (rare Cape Town imprint: Copac traces copies at the British Library, Cambridge and Oxford only). (approx. 40) £300-400
29 Ross (John). Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Resicence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 [and:] Appendix, 2 volumes, 1st edition, A. W. Webster, 1835, Narrative: 25 plates including 6 hand-coloured lithographs and 3 mezzotints with printed and handcolouring (the rest uncoloured steel engravings or lithographs), 6 lithographic maps of which 2 folding. Appendix: 3 steel-engraved plates including portrait frontispiece, 18 lithographic plates (most hand-coloured). Variable spotting and browning to plates, repaired marginal tear to Narrative leaf 3Z3 and facing plate, bookplates of Ernest George Doughty (1836-1915), mid19th-century blue half calf, spines sunned, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to (27.4 x 21.4cm) Abbey Travel 636, Nissen ZBI 3481, Sabin 73381 and 73384. Abbey believed this edition to be preceded by Orlando Hodgson’s undated octavo edition, which had only eleven plates and lacked an appendix volume, but it is nowadays assumed that Webster’s edition has priority. (2) £300-500
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Lot 30 30 [Seller, Abednego]. The Antiquities of Palmyra, 1st edition, for S. Smith and B. Walford, 1696, engraved double-page numismatic plate, engraved folding view of Palmyra to rear, errata leaf, significant loss to title page (facsimile title page bound in), minor loss to dedication leaf, water damage and partial restoration to upper outer corners of A3-4 to loss of a few letters, spotting to numismatic plate, light spotting and a short closed marginal tear to folding view, modern red morocco with gilt pointillé decoration to boards, 8vo (18.2 x 10.8cm), and 1 other (W. H. Bartlett’s Forty Days in the Desert, on the Track of the Israelites, 5th edition, Arthur Hall, circa 1850, contemporary morocco)
31 Sesti (Giovanni Battista). Piante della citta’, piazze, e castelli fortificati in questo stato di Milano, Milan: Agnelli, 1718, engraved title vignette, 3 folding maps and plans, 22 full-page plans each with legend to facing leaf enclosed within engraved border, marginal damp-staining to outer leaves, extending into images and accompanying text of final 6 plans, marginal repair to leaf H1, closed marginal tear to V2, 20th-century quarter parchment incorporating an old manuscript leaf, 4to in 2s (28.5 x 20.5cm) Provenance: Maurice Burrus, Alsatian tobacco magnate and politician (1882-1959; bookplate dated 1937). (1) £1000-1500
Blackmer 1523, Wing S2448. ‘One of the earliest descriptions of Palmyra’ (Blackmer). (2) £200-300
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32 Shackleton (Sir Ernest). South, The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917, new impression, December 1919, colour frontispiece, monochrome plates after photographs, folding map at rear, with closed tear to left margin (partly repaired with clear tape), some light marks to margins and a little spotting to endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription dated Xmas 1919 to front endpaper, original blue cloth, decorated in silver, rubbed and upper joint with short split at foot, 8vo, together with Bartlett (W.H. and Beattie, William), Switzerland Illustrated, 1835, engraved title and 43 engraved views, bound with Allom (Thomas and Beattie, William), Scotland Illustrated, 1835, engraved title and 22 steel engraved views only, some marginal staining, generally soiled throughout, contemporary black half morocco, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked at head of spine, 4to, plus Churchill (Winston Spencer), The World Crisis, The Eastern Front, 1st edition, 1931, monochrome plates, folding maps, etc., original dark blue cloth gilt, a few minor marks (generally a good copy), 8vo (3)
34 Stanford (Edward, publisher). Stanford’s London Atlas of Universal Geography, exhibiting the Physicial and Political Divisions of the Various Countries of the World, 3rd edition, revised and enlarged, Edward Stanford, Ltd., 1904, 110 double-page lithographic colour maps mounted on linen guards, spotting to endpapers, blanks and half-title, light finger-soiling to preliminary text leaves, all edges gilt, original crushed half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, large folio (56 x 39cm) This edition contains ten additional maps not in the second edition (1893), which itself had ten more maps than the first edition (1887). (1) £150-200
£200-300
35 Stavorinus (Johan Splinter). Voyages to the East-Indies, translated from the original Dutch by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, 1st edition, for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798, 4 folding engraved maps, contents clean, engraved bookplates of James Franklin Preston, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, volumes 1 and 3 rebacked, volume 2 labels renewed, 8vo, together with: White (John), A Voyage to Cochin China, 1st edition, for Longman [and others], 1824, half-title, ink-stamps of Nottingham Free Public Libraries, library plate to front pastedown, uncut in original boards, rebacked, library plate to front board, extremities worn, 8vo, Lamartine (Alphonse de), Souvenirs, impressions, pensées et paysages, pendant un voyage en orient (1832-1833), 1st edition, Paris: Charles Gosslin and Furne, 1835, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding table of Arab tribes, 2 folding maps, spotting, engraved bookplates of the Fitzherberts of Swynnerton Hall, contemporary tan half calf, spines rubbed, 8vo, China, Eastern Anecdotes of Exemplary Characters, with Sketches of the Chinese History, 1st edition, Sampson Low, 1799, half-title, contemporary trade sheep, rubbed, front joint cracked but holding, tips worn, small 8vo
33 Smith (Alfred). Sketches in Norway and Sweden, [1847], lithographed title and 10 plates, 16 lithographed illustrations, some spotting and several marginal tear repairs and strengthening to title and plate leaves, library blindstamps to most text and plate leaves, original cloth gilt, edge wear, modern green morocco gilt reback, folio Not in Abbey. (1)
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Cox I p. 307 for Stavorinus; Atabey 659 and Blackmer 942 for Lamartine. The list of subscribers for the anonymous Eastern Anecdotes records 84 copies (nearly all the subscribers are women); ESTC traces four copies in UK libraries. (9) £400-600
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36 Willyams (Cooper). A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, John Hearne, 1822, 36 handcoloured aquatint plates, some spotting and occasionally heavy old dampstaining tide marks to lower margins throughout, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, worn, folio (40 x 35.5cm)
37 [Wright, George Newenham]. China, its scenery, architecture, social habits, &c, illustrated, engraved vignette title and 54 steelengraved plates, textually incomplete and defective, some spotting, contemporary calf, worn and upper cover near detached, 4to Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
This second edition has four additional plates relating to the Hajj and Egypt which are not found in the first. Abbey Travel 198; Atabey 1339 (issue with title dated 1821); Blackmer 1814. (1) ÂŁ300-400
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38 Ackermann (R., publisher). A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 2 volumes, 1815, additional half title, uncoloured engraved portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, seventy-nine aquatint and engraved plates, all with contemporary hand colouring, some offsetting of plates to text, plates generally clean and bright, bookplate of Douglas Lowe to volume 2, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled calf, elaborately decorated, rebacked but retaining original spines, later red title labels to spines, rubbed and worn with corners repaired, large 4to Abbey Scenery 79; Tooley 4. A wide margined copy without the sixteen ‘founders’ plates. (2)
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£1500-2000
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39 Aikin (John). A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Miles round Manchester, 1st edition, for John Stockdale, 1795, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, 69 engraved maps and views on 61 sheets, large folding hand-coloured map (80 x 88cm) and large folding plan of Manchester (110 x 95cm) to rear, frontispiece and vignette title spotted and browned, marginal spotting to other plates, light offsetting and small hole to folding plan, contemporary inscription (‘This is decidedly the finest copy of the work I have ever had ...’ signed W. H. Ford) to initial blank, above pencil inscription ‘Fanshawe Sale’, engraved bookplate of Barron Field (see note), contemporary half russia by C. Ambery of Manchester, rebacked, rubbed, 4to (29.4 x 22.6cm), together with: Warner (Richard, editor), Collections for the History of Hampshire and the Bishopric of Winchester: including the Isles of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, and Sarke, 5 volumes in 3, 1st edition, for the authour [sic], 1795, volume 1 in 2 sections, 62 engraved plates, some hand-coloured, lacking the ‘Plan of the Form of Jersey’ as usual (‘not to be found in any of the copies’ examined by Upcott), spotting and browning, mended tear in plate facing p. 264 volume 1 section 2, engraved bookplate of George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (see note), contemporary diced russia, worn, covers detached, 4to, ibid., Hampshire extracted from the Domes-Day Book, 1st edition, Faulder [and others], 1789, lacking half-title, title page spotted and marked, edges untrimmed, 20th-century half cloth, wear to spine, 4to (28.5 x 22cm), Duthy (John), Sketches of Hampshire, 1st edition, Winchester: Jacob and Johnson, 1839, lithographic map frontispiece, 7 lithographic plates (2 hand-coloured),light spotting, bookplate, front inner hinge tender, edges untrimmed, original cloth, spine faded and rolled, large 8vo, and approximately 10 others, 18th- and 19th-century Hampshire topography, various formats Upcott pp. 462-5 (Aikin), pp. 276-81 (Warner, Collections). Warner’s Collections is one of 225 small-paper copies, in addition to 25 copies on large paper. Provenance, Aikin: Barron Field (1786-1846), Australian judge and poet (bookplate); Warner, Collections: George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), British ambassador to China (bookplate). (approximately 15) £300-400
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Lot 41 40 Ashington, Northumberland. An album of 56 mounted photographs, circa 1901, including 30 relating to coal mining at Ashington Colliery with scenes of locomotives, mining underground, pit ponies, plus others including the fire brigade, schools, hotels, churches, Bothal Castle etc., each photograph with manuscript number and index at end, a little light fading to a few photographs and minor spotting to thick card, all edges gilt, original morocco with metal clasp, (spine and edges rubbed), metal rectangular plaque to upper cover engraved ‘H. Richardson, September 30th 1901’ (local mining expert), oblong 4to (1)
42 Beveridge (Erskine). The Churchyard Memorials of Crail, containing a full description of the Epitaphs anterior to 1800: together with some account of the other antiquities of the burgh, Edinburgh: Privately Printed by T. and A. Constable, 1893, black & white frontispiece (with ownership slip pasted to verso) and numerous plates from photographs, title in red & black, some toning to text, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco-backed cloth gilt, slight wear at head & foot of spine, rubbed, large 4to, (limited edition 103/113, presented to Sir Arthur Mitchell K.C.B., Edinburgh and with his bookplate to upper pastedown), together with Campbell (Archibald), Records of Argyll, Legends, Traditions, and Recollections of Argyllshire Highlanders collected chiefly from the Gaelic with notes on the Antiquity of the Dress, Clan Colours, or Tartans, of the Highlanders, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1885, sepia etched frontispiece and numerous plates, edges untrimmed, original cloth gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, few marks, large 4to, (no. 419 of a limited edition), with Oliphant (T.L. Kington), The Jacobite Lairds of Gask, 1870, modern green quarter sheep, 8vo, with others related including The History of the Fife Pitcairns by Constance Pitcairn, 1905, and Loyal Lochaber by W. Drummond Norie, 1898
£100-150
41 Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 2nd edition, 1768, eight single-page engraved armorial plates, sixty-five double-page engraved plates (complete) including county map, birds-eye plan of Gloucester, view of the West Prospect of Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral and sixty-one birds-eye views of country seats by Kip, occasional light spotting and minor toning, marbled endpapers with bookplate to upper pastedown of Christopher Turnor (1809-1886) of Stoke Rochford and bookplate monogrammed VPSS, all edges gilt, mid 19th century calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine, joints and extremities rubbed & scuffed, folio,
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Upcott p.250. A wide margin example in very good condition. (1) £1500-2000
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43 Blake (Malachi). A Brief Account of the Destructive Fire at Blandford Forum in the County of Dorset which happened on June 4, 1731, reprinted from the edition published in 1735, published A. C. Hailes, Blandford & John Russell Smith, London, 1860, printed title, uncolored map of the town with two vignette views of the town to verso, ten leaves of printed descriptive text, some marginal closed tears, endpapers detached, publisher’s stiching weak and loose, contemporary gilt blind stamped boards, stained, slim 4to (1)
45 Carter (John, artist). Some Account of the Abbey Church of Bath, illustrative of the Plans, Elevations, and Sections, of that Building, 1st edition, [Society of Antiquaries, 1798], bound with: Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Durham, 1st edition, printed by W. Bulmer and Co. [for the Society of Antiquaries], 1801; Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, 1st edition, [Society of Antiquaries, 1797]; Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster. By John Topham, 2nd edition, expanded, [Society of Antiquaries, 1807]; 4 works in 1 volume, all text-leaves as called for, 52 engraved plates by James Basire after John Carter, several double-page and/or folding, variable spotting, generally restricted to margins, some offsetting to folding plates, contemporary diced russia, rebacked, scuffed and worn, elephant folio (65.5 x 48cm)
£100-150
(1)
44 Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio...., Nunc postremò recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title by William Rogers with early inscription to upper blank margin, letterpress title with woodcut Royal arms bound after dedication, two folding engraved maps by William Rogers, ten full-page engraved illustrations including map of Ireland, several woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, with final blank 3N4 present, front free endpapers with ink ownership stamps and inscriptions, contemporary calf, rebacked, black morocco title label to spine, boards rubbed and corners worn & showing, small 4to, together with [Garth, Samuel], The Dispensary. A Poem. In six cantos, 6th edition, 1706, engraved frontispiece, adhesive tape residue to gutter of frontispiece, title, final leaf, 20th century decorative endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo
£400-600
46 Chaplin (S. E.). Geography of England & Wales (title on upper cover), 1853, forty-seven manuscript pen and watercolour maps of England and Wales, English & Welsh counties, each with descriptive text surrounding the map, each sheet, very slight spotting, 245 x 315mm, loose in a contemporary black morocco gilt portfolio, remains of silk ties, oblong 4to The very neat script describes the history and commercial attributes of each county as well as the principal county towns and cities and surrounds a small ink and watercolour map. (1) £300-500
47 Clarke (Charles). Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; or Graphical Survey of the Cathedral, Collegiate and Parochial Churches, in London, Southwark, and Westminster, with the adjoining Parishes, 1st edition, second issue, 1820, large paper copy, 123 engraved plates after John Coney and others, some minor spotting, light toning and offsetting, Plaish Hall bookplate, top edge gilt, remainder rough trimmed, modern half morocco, large folio, (53.5 x 37.5cm)
STC 4507 (Camden). The fifth edition and the first with maps. “Hiberniae, et insularum Britanniae adiacentium descriptio” has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. (2) £300-500
First published in 1819. (1)
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Lot 48 48 Funck (David, publisher). Der in Europa und America verehrliche Thron und Kron Gross-Britanniens oder des Konigreichs Engel- Schott- und Irlands Gründliche Abschilderung, 1st edition, Nuremberg: David Funck [circa 1690], 11 engraved plates (2 folding) including portraits of English monarchs royals, views of Oxford, Windsor, Rochester, London and Londonderry, and a parliamentary scene, additional engraved title lacking, modern vellum, 12mo (12.8 x 7.5cm) Copac traces one copy only in UK libraries (Cambridge). (1)
£200-300
49 Hassell (J.). Tour of the Grand Junction, illustrated with a series of engravings; with an historical and topographical description of those parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through Which the Canal Passes, 1st edition, 1819, title page with near contemporary ink ‘cross’ through the lettering, twenty-four fine aquatint plates (including frontispiece), all with contemporary hand colouring, extra illustrated with six uncoloured portraits on monarchs, clergymen, engineers and aristocrats, hinges cracked, contemporary gilt speckled calf, joints repaired, bumped and worn at extremities, 8vo, contained in modern cloth slipcase Abbey Scenery 30. Tooley 252. (1)
Lot 49 51 [Johnson, Samuel]. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, first issue, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775, twelveline errata and cancels D8 and U4, page 296 misnumbered 226, early 19th century inscription to upper margin of title (repaired to inner margin), toning and spotting, light water-stain at head throughout volume, modern morocco gilt, red morocco title label, 8vo, together with McNicol (Donald), Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Journey to the Hebrides; in which are contained, Observations on the Antiquities, Language, Genius, and Manners of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell, 1779, half-title, slight dampstain to upper margin of initial few leaves, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo
£200-300
50 Home (John). The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745, London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802, folding engraved mapped, 3 folding battle plans and singlepage portrait plate, Westport House bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary red half morocco gilt, 4to, together with [Graham, John Viscount Dundee], Memoirs of the Lord Viscount Dundee and the Highland Clans, &c. Together with an Account of the Massacre of Glenco, 2 parts in one, Edinburgh: D. Webster, 1818, original cloth-backed boards, spine torn with loss, 8vo, with Saint Fond (B. Faujas de), A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784, a revised edition of the English translation edited, with notes and a memoir of the author by Sir Archibald Geikie, 2 volumes, Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins, 1907, black & white frontispieces and plates, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary half morocco gilt by Ramage, 8vo (limited edition of 450 copies printed), plus Anderson (Peter), Guide to Culloden Moor and Story of the Battle with Description of the Stone Circles and Cairns at Clava, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: John Menzies, 1874, folding lithograph map frontispiece, few plates and plans, contemporary cloth, small 8vo (5)
First title see Rothschild 1256, Courtney p.122-123, Tinker 1357. Second title see Courtney p.120-121. (2) £300-400
52 [Johnson, Samuel]. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, first issue, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775, twelveline errata and with cancels D8 & U4, page 296 misnumbered 226, light toning and occasional spotting, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, 8vo, together with A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1775, with six-line errata, browning to margins of first & last few leaves, scattered spotting, hinges split, bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, board corners worn & showing (one repaired), 8vo, plus The North Briton Revised and Corrected By the Author. Illustrated with explanatory notes, and a copious index of names and characters, 2 volumes in one, Dublin: James Williams, 1766, ownership signature at head of volume 1 title, continous pagination, scattered spotting, modern quarter calf gilt, 12mo
£200-300
First title see Rothschild 1256, Courtney p.122-123, and Tinker 1357. (3) £200-300
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53 Malton (Thomas). Malton’s Oxford, 4 original parts, 1st edition, T. Bensley for T. Malton, March 1802January 1804, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue-guard to each, some minor marginal spotting, original stitched paper wrappers with printed oval paper labels to upper wrappers, some dust-soiling and fraying, modern cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, folio (44 x 33cm) Rare original edition in parts of a work that was re-published in 1810 with a title-page (Views of Oxford), portrait and six etched outline plates. The work is rarely found with the aquatint views coloured. Abbey, Scenery 277. (1) £2000-3000
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56 Nash (Treadway Russell). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1781-1782, folding engraved map frontispiece to volume 1, engraved vignette title to each volume, 77 engraved plates & plans, 13 leaves of Domesday Book printed in red & black, engraved illustrations to text, 19 folding pedigrees, offsetting to text from plates, some browning and spotting, modern half calf gilt, maroon morocco title labels, brown buckram sides to boards, spines faded, folio
54 Man (John). The History and Antiquities, Ancient and Modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, 1st edition, Reading: Snare and Man, 1816, half-title, title page printed in red and black, 21 plates including engraved folding plan and aquatint views, 2 engraved vignettes, errata slip, offsetting, light spotting to a few plate margins, near-contemporary ownership inscription to title page, later half morocco, sides slightly rubbed, folio (36.7 x 27cm)
Upcott p.1330. (2)
Abbey Scenery 293, Upcott p. 583*. Uncommon large-paper copy; Abbey’s copy was of the quarto issue. (1) £200-300
57 [Owen, Hugh & John Brickdale Blakeway]. A History of Shrewsbury, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1825, additional engraved title to each, numerous engraved and lithograph plates and plans, some light offsetting and scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with contemporary booksellers label of W. & J. Eddowes of Shrewsbury and modern bookplate of Roy & Nina Merley pf Plaish Hall, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines and board borders, upper joint of volume 1 split and other joints cracked, 4to, together with [Acton, Frances Stackhouse], The Castles & Old Mansions of Shropshire, Shrewsbury: Leake and Evans, 1868, lithograph frontispiece and plates, title in red & black, endpapers renewed, original cloth gilt, modern rebacked spine and corners in navy morocco, 4to, with Leighton (Stanley), Shropshire Houses Past & Present Illustrated from Drawings, 1901, half-title, portrait frontispiece and numerous plates, Plaish Hall bookplate, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern half morocco, 4to, with Kelly’s Directory, Shropshire, 1909, folding hand-coloured map, scattered spotting, Plaish Hall bookplate, original red cloth gilt, frayed at head & foot, large 8vo, plus two others, A History of Shrewsbury School... illustrated by Alfred Rimmer, 1889, and The Natural History of Stafford-Shire by Robert Plott, facsimile edition, 1973
55 Morris (F.O., editor). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 7 volumes, Mackenzie, [1880?], including final ‘Fac-Simile of Autographs of Subscribers...’ volume, volumes 1-6 with additional vignette titles, 234 chromolithographed plates, scattered light spotting, all edges gilt, original red morocco gilt, spines faded, some wear to extremities, volume 6 with short split at head of front joint, subscriber’s volume discoloured and rebacked (original spine relaid), 4to (7)
£100-150
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Lot 58 58 [Papworth, John Buonarotti]. Select Views of London; with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of some of the most Interesting of its Public Buildings, 1st edition, R. Ackermann, 1816, 76 hand-coloured aquatint or engraved plates (5 folding), some offsetting to text throughout, modern blind-stamped half morocco over old marbled boards, large 8vo Abbey, Scenery 217; Tooley 361. (1)
60 [Pennant, Thomas]. A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII, parts I & II, London: Benjamin White, 1790, engraved titles with vignette illustration (referred to as frontispieces in plate list. Volume 2 title with repaired closed tears and partly lined to recto), 89 engraved plates and plans (some folding), together with A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX, 5th edition, London: Benjamin White, 1790, engraved title with vignette, folding engraved map, detached and with few closed tears, 42 engraved plates (including 1 folding plan), some offsetting, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting to each volume, endpapers renewed, contemporary uniform marbled calf, modern rebacks and title labels to each volume (numbered I-III), board edges worn, 4to
£1000-1500
59 [Pennant, Thomas]. A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX, 3rd edition, Warrington: Printed by W. Eyres, 1774, together with A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII, Chester: Printed by John Monk, 1774, plus A Tour in Scotland. MDCCLXXII, Part II, London: Printed for Benj. White, 1790, together three volumes, engraved vignette title to each volume, 110 engraved plates (some folding), some offsetting to text, occasional spotting and marks, etched bookplate of T.W. Dewar (by William Strang) to upper pastedown of first volume, near matching late 19th century half calf, contrasting title and volume number labels, 4to (3)
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61 Phillips (John). A General History of Inland Navigation, Foreign and Domestic: Containing a Complete Account of the Canals already Executed in England, with Considerations on those Projected. To which are added, Practical Observations, 1st edition, 1792, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, four folding engraved plates at rear, 20th century sheep gilt, morocco title labels, 4to, together with Priestley (Joseph), Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain, as a reference to Nichols, Priestley & Walker’s New Map of Inland Navigation, 1831, folding engraved map frontispiece offset to title, , folding hand-coloured plate at rear, late 19th/early 20th century cloth gilt, 8vo, with Phillips (John), A General History of Inland Navigation, Foreign and Domestic: containing a complete account of the canals already executed in England, with considerations on those projected , 5th edition, [1805], half-title, one folding engraved plate, occasional toning, edges untrimmed, contemporary green half vellum, early 19th century book label to upper board for the Uttoxeter Book Society, 8vo, and De Salis (Henry Rodolph), Bradshaw’s Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales..., 1904, folding colour lithograph map in rear pocket, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, and Smiles (Samuel), Lives of the Engineers, with an Account of their Principal Works; comprising also a History of Inland Communication in Britain, 3 volumes, 1861-1862, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume and numerous wood engraved vignette illustrations, scattered spotting, original cloth, 8vo, plus a defective copy of A General History of Inland Navigation, Foreign and Domestic, by J. Phillips, 1795, four engraved plates, lacking folding map, title torn and damp soiled (lined to verso) & following leaves damp soiled, modern cloth, 4to (8)
£200-300
62 Poley (Arthur F.E.). St. Paul’s Cathedral London, Measured, Drawn & Described, 1st edition, Printed for the Author, 1927, thirty-two black & white plates, list of subscribers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original brown half morocco gilt, some marks, mainly to lower board, extremities a little rubbed, large folio (1)
£100-150
63 Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire, 1st edition, Cirencester: Samuel Rudder, 1779, double-page engraved map, sixteen engraved plates (including 13 doublepage & 3 single-page plans), one engraving in letterpress, double-page plate of Sanywell Park with short paper fault flaw hole to image, occasional offsetting and spotting, marbled endpapers with split hinges, contemporary diced calf with gilt decorated board borders, rebacked and board corners repaired, folio Upcott pp.251-253. (1)
£200-300
64 Shaw (Stebbing). The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, Compiled from the Manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttelton and other Collections of Dr. Wilkes, The Rev. T. Feilde &c. &c....., 2 volumes, [volume 1 and volume 2 part 1 (all published)], 1798-1801, half-title to volume 1 lacking (not called for in volume 2), folding engraved county map to volume 1, eighty-two engraved and aquatint plates (one folding, plate of Soho Manufactory with very small holt to image), folding engraved plan of the town of Wolverhampton, engraved illustrations to text, 426 hand-coloured armorial shields to foremargins (finished with gum arabic), 3 folding pedigrees, titles spotted (particularly volume 1 title) and both with vertical crease, occasional toning, spotting and occasional light offsetting, marbled endpapers with cloth hinges, all edges gilt, 20th century red morocco, elaborate gilt decorated spines and board borders, folio, 48.5 x 28.5cm Upcott pp.1176-1185. Large paper-copy. A handsome set. (2)
£500-800
65 Wellstood (Frederick C.). Records of the Manor of Henley in Arden, Warwickshire. Transcribed and edited from the original manuscripts for William John Fieldhouse, Lord of the Manor of Henley in Arden, Shakespeare Head Press, 1919, presentation compliments slip pasted at front from W.J. Fieldhouse, original cloth-backed boards, spine a little rubbed, some wear to corners, 4to, limited edition 38/50, from a total edition of 105, together with The Long Barrows of the Cotswolds, by O.G.S. Crawford, Gloucester, 1925, maps and illustrations, previous owner signature, original green cloth, edges a little rubbed, 4to (2)
£70-100
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NATURAL HISTORY 67 Badminton Library. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, 21 volumes, 1886 - 1901, numerous illustrations throughout, uniform decorative cloth, spines a little faded, occasional duplicates, 8vo
66 Agriculture & Industrial Magazine. The Agricultural and Industrial Magazine of the Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, and for Promoting Effectual Relief from the General Distress, volume 1 of 2? (parts 1-20), London: James Cochrane & Co., 1835, (iv),292pp., includes ‘Our own Fireside,’ a poem by John Clare and Wellington’s Reply to the Cambridgeshire Address, some browning and occasional spotting, contemporary half morocco giilt, 8vo, together with Knowlson (John C.), The Yorkshire Cattle-Doctor and Farrier; a Treatise on the Diseases of Horned Cattle, Calves, and Horses; Written in Plain Language, which those who can read may easily understand, 3rd edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, 1845, engraved frontispiece, folding table at rear, some spotting and occasional dust-soiling, some light marginal fraying, original cloth, blind decoration to boards and gilt blocked decoration to spine, 8vo, with Curwen (John Christian), Hints on Agricultural Subjects, and on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, 2nd edition, improved and enlarged, 1809, half-title, sepia aquatint frontispiece, four engraved plates, two folding tables, occasional spots, dampstain at foot of last few leaves, untrimmed, disbound, 8vo, plus two other odd volumes of 18th century agriculture related (5)
Consisting of: Billiards, Skating, Shooting (2), Fishing (2), Hunting, Swimming (2), Golf (2), Driving, Racing, Riding & Polo, Dancing, Mountaineering, Athletics and Football, Boating, Yachting (2) and the Poetry of Sport. (21) £100-150
68 Barrett (Charles G.). The Lepidotera of the British Islands... , 11 volumes, 1st edition, L. Reeve, 1893-1907, half-titles, 504 handcoloured lithographed plates, a little scattered spotting mostly affecting early text leaves, top edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco gilt (final volume signed Morrell), spine of final volume browned, large 8vo (11)
£150-200
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69 Bird-breeding. A New Way of Breeding Canary Birds. Without the Trouble, that is in the Common Way of Breeding. And, Will Breed As Many Canary Birds Again, as the Common Way of Breeding does. And, How Presently to Cure a Sick Bird. - Also, How to Keep a Canary (or Any Other) Bird in a Cage, for Singing Only, that they may not Die, as they Do. By a Person, who has Bred Canary Birds, Several Years, With Far Greater Success by this New Way, than Ever He Had Before, in the Common Old Troublesome Way of Breeding, 1st edition, London: Printed by J. Hughs, in Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, 1742. And, sold up one pair of stairs, at the sign of the famous Anodyne Necklace the Children’s Teeth, Fits, Fevers, &c. Over Against Devreux-Court, Without Temple-Bar. And, at Mr. Bradshaws, at the Golden Key, Under the Back Piazza of the Royal Exchange, [1742], 46pp., (comprising title, pages 2-6, [7/8 blank stub], 9-47, [+1p. appendix]), horizontal chain lines, 21 circular wood engraved illustrations to text, title with long horizontal closed tear with old repairs at gutter and fore-edge margins, some dust-soiling and few marks, without free endpaper, front free endpaper with ownership inscription of William Hiscock 1777 & ‘Thomas Hiscock his book March 19th 1823 given by his uncle William Hiscock’, contemporary sheep, joints split, covers rubbed and worn, slim 8vo
70 Broinowski (Gracius J.). The Birds of Australia..., volumes 1 & 2 (only of six), bound as one, published Charles Stuart & Co., Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, New Zealand and Tasmania, 1890, title page and preface to volume one creased, 110 colour lithographic plates, each with tissue guard, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt blocked morocco, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
71 Butler (William). The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths, edited by H.T. Stainton [and others], volumes 1-3, 4 Part 1, 5 Part 2, 6 Part 3, 7 Part 1, 8 Part 2 & volume 9, Ray Society, 1886-1901, hand-coloured lithographed plates, original cloth gilt, first volume rebacked with original spine relaid, a few volumes slightly frayed at spine ends and volume chipped with loss at foot, together with Cameron (Peter), A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Heymenoptera, 4 volumes, Ray Society, 1882-92, hand-coloured and plain lithographed plates, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded on spines, plus Killington (Frederick James), A Monograph of the British Neuroptera, 2 volumes, Ray Society, 1936-37, 30 colour and plain plates, original cloth gilt, small split at foot of volume 2, all 8vo (15)
ESTC T96277. This work was reissued with a cancel titlepage in [1762] as part II of The Bird Fanciers Necessary Companion and Sure Guide. The first edition is extremely rare: ESTC traces the British Library copy only. (1) £300-500
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73 Cook (Moses). The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forest-Trees, with directions how to plant, make and keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, &c., 2nd edition, very much corrected, 1717, engraved frontispiece, four folding plates, some loss and adhesive staining at gutter of folding plates (reguarded and one with adhesive tape repair & consequent stain), occasional spotting, early 19th century half calf, cloth reback preserving original spine, 8vo, together with Pontey (William), The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assistant: Being a Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees..., Huddersfield: Printed for the Author, [1805], etched frontispiece, seven plates (4 hand-coloured & three folding), publisher's advert leaf at rear, edges untrimmed, recent endpapers, original blue boards, rebacked, light dust-soiling and board edges rubbed, 8vo (2)
£200-300
72 Chambers (William). A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, to which is Annexed, an Explanatory Discourse, by Tan Chet-qua, of Quang-chew-fu, 2nd edition, 1773, engraved additional vignette title and dedication by Bartolozzi after Cipriani (both leaves somewhat spotted and slightly creased at lower outer corner), bound with [Mason, William], An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers... Author of a late Dissertation on Oriental Gardening..., 3rd edition, J. Almon, 1773, 16 pp., heavy spotting throughout, bookplate of Emo Park Library, contemporary cat’s paw calf gilt, rubbed, skilfully rebacked, 4to 1) A treatise conceived by William Chambers in response to the dull style of landscape gardening of ‘Capability’ Brown. Harris 118; Henrey 547. 2) Mason Epistle, originally published in March 1773, went through 13 editions by the end of the following year, long before its author’s name was disclosed. The poem celebrates the work of Lancelot Brown while satirically criticising Chambers and all his Chinese works, and indeed any form of formal gardening. (1) £500-800
74 Curtis (William, and others). The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed...., Seven volumes, 1787, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1913 & 1914, 440 engraved plates (including forty-nine folding) all with contemporary hand colouring and 120 lithographic plates, (including twenty-five folding), each plate with a sheet of descritive text, occasional spotting, mixed bindings, the first volume with upper board detached, various condition, 8vo Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (7)
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75 Curtis (John). British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland... , 8 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1823-40, 770 hand-coloured engraved plates, author’s signed sentiment on slip tipped on to foot of title-page to volume 1, bookplates of Edward H. Mainwaring Sladen to front pastedowns, contemporary half morocco gilt with red leather spine labels, rubbed, 8vo Nissen ZBI 1000. (8)
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76 Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: Containing a history of the plants indigenous to Great Britain, illustrated by figures of the natural size, a new edition, enlarged by George Graves and William Jackson Hooker, 5 volumes, Henry G. Bohn, 1835, 647 hand-coloured engraved plates after Sydenham Edwards, William Kilburn, James Sowerby, George Graves and William James Hooker, some offsetting and occasionally heavy from plates to descriptive letterpress leaves facing, scattered minor spotting, first letterpress leaf of volume 2 neardetached, bookplate of the Daltry Library, Stoke on Trent to each pastedown and each volume with manuscript presentation note to front free endpaper ‘Presented to the Rev. Thos. W. Daltry, MA, FLS, by the members of the North Staffordshire Naturalist’s Field Club in grateful recognition of his long and valuable services as its Honorary Secretary’, dated 22nd March 1877, and signed by William Molyneux (President) and G. Brunt (Secretary to the Testimonial Committee), the final volume with additional inscription by Bertrum Daltry, presenting it to the Daltry Library of the North Staffordshire Field Club, 7 September 1904, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, spines darkened, folio (49 x 30.5cm) One of the most important British flora. This is virtually a new work, being a greatly enlarged edition of the Flora Londinensis with over 200 new plates added. The first three volumes contain the original 432 plates, but with the text rewritten by Hooker. The final two volumes are entirely new with plates mostly from drawings by Hooker, together with his own descriptions. This edition was published in 1817-1828, and reissued with new title-pages in 1835. Great Flower Books, Page 54, Henry 597; Nissen BBI 440 (incorrect plate count). (5) £5000-7000
77 Daniel (William Barker). Rural Sports, 3 volumes, 1807, engraved title to each, 71 engraved plates, some light spotting and offsetting, occasional marginal water stain, a few small annotations, bookplates, contemporary half calf gilt, volume 2 neatly repaired at head of spine, a little rubbed with some edge wear, 4to, 4to, together with Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of South Africa, by Captain W. Cornwallis, facsimile reprint, Frank Read Press, Mazoe, Rhodesia, 1976, 30 colour plates, illustrations, original calf-backed boards, one or two light marks, folio, limited edition 438/550, signed by the publisher (17)
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78 Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Insects..., 16 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the Author, 1792-1813, half-titles present in volumes 13-16 only, 576 plates (568hand-coloured), occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary speckled calf gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, volumes 1, 15 & 16 rebacked with original spines relaid, volume 3 rebacked to nearly match, leather spine labels, a few a little chipped and volume number label to volume 8 missing, 8vo Nissen 1142. (16)
ÂŁ2000-3000
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79 Downing (Joseph). A Treatise on the Disorders incident to Horned Cattle, comprising a description of their symptoms, and the most rational methods of cure, founded on long experience..., To which are added, Receipts for curing the Gripes, Staggers, and Worms in Horses; and an Appendix, containing instructions for the Extracting of Calves, [Stourbridge]: Printed and sold at Stourbridge. Sold also by T. Hurst, Messrs. Longman and Rees, Paternoster-Row; and Messrs. Rivington, St. Pauls Church-Yard, London, 1797, xii,108, 111-131,[1],xiv,[4]pp., half-title with early signature of Thomas Webb and inscription, list of subscribers and errata leaf present at rear, bound without H7 (blank?), early inscription to verso of penultimate leaf, general toning and soiling, some marks, stains and few ink burn spots, edges untrimmed (with worm trail to lower blank margins of some leaves), original boards, rebacked and boards consolidated, worn, 8vo, contained in purpose-made book box with book form calf spine gilt Page xiv misprinted “ziv”. (1)
£200-300
80 Edwards (Lionel). The Passing Seasons, Depicted by Lionel Edwards, and Some Fleeting Thoughts of Crascredo, Country Life, [1927], additional half title, eighteen (complete) mounted coloured plates, each signed by the artist in pencil to lower margin, black & white illustrations throughout, uncut, publisher’s cloth gilt, boards a little faded and stained, spine frayed at head and foot and faded, bumped at extremities, folio Limited edition, 59/150. (1)
£100-150
81 Elwes (Henry John & Henry, Augustine ). The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, 14 parts and Index in 7 volumes, Edinburgh, privately printed, 1906-13, seven colour-printed titles, five colour frontispieces and 414 plates from photographs, a little scattered spotting and soiling, original printed wrappers in original clothbacked boards volume portfolios with pictorial upper covers and spine ties, bookplate of John Drummond of Megginch, rubbed, 4to (7)
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£400-600
82 Elwes (Henry John & Henry, Augustine ). The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, volumes 1-6 (of 7), Edinburgh, privately printed, 1906-12, colour-printed titles and five colour frontispieces, 371 plates from photographs, scattered minor spotting, top edges gilt, modern cloth with morocco gilt spine labels, a little rubbed, 4to (6)
£300-400
83 Evelyn (John). Silva: or a discourse of Forest-Trees, and the propagation of Timber in his Majesty’s Dominions:.., together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of Standing Groves..., with notes by A. Hunter, M.D. F.R.S., published York and printed by J. Dodsley, T. Cadell, J. Robson and T. Durham London and W. Creech and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece by F. Bartolozzi, title, dedication, preface and list of subscribers, forty uncoloured engraved plates (including one folding), folding explanatory table and index bound at rear, bookplate of John Goodford to front pastedown and old printed auction description to first front blank, hinges and joints cracked, contemporary mottled calf with contrasting red morocco gilt label to spine, a little frayed at head and foot of spine, some wear to boards, large 4to (1)
£200-300
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84 Fowler (W.W.). The Coleoptera of the British Islands, 6 volumes including Supplement (with Horace and John Donisthorpe), 1st edition, L. Reeve, 1887-1913, 200 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some old ink manuscript annotations and amendments, original cloth gilt, some rubbing, together with three related publications by Edward Saunders and Owen S. Wilson, original cloth gilt, one volume rebacked with original spine relaid, slightly rubbed, all large 8vo (9)
85 Frohawk (F.W.). The Natural History of British Butterflies..., 1st edition, Hutchinson, [1914], 60 colour and 5 plain plates, modern half morocco gilt, folio (2)
£150-200
86 Gerard (John). [The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, citizen and apothecarie of London, London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636], without title, first and last blank leaves also lacking, numerous botanical woodcut illustrations throughout, dedication leaf lined to verso, final leaf of table creased and with repairs to fore-edge, occasional spotting and few marks (slight ink stain to final leaves of tables), dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, 19th century blind panelled calf, joints partly split, extremities worn, folio
£200-300
Henrey 156; STC 11752. The third edition, in which D1r last line begins “of”; 7B5v has editor’s “An Aduertisement to the Readers”. (1) £800-1200
87 Hale (Thomas). A Compleat Body of Husbandry... , 1st edition, T. Osborne [and others], 1756, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates including one folding, occasional spotting or light browning, ownership signature of John Ridley, Park End, 1810, contemporary calf, worn with some leather loss and cracked on joints, folio (1)
£100-150
88 Harrison (Joseph). The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist’s Magazine, conducted by Joseph Harrison, volumes I-III, 1833-1835, volumes V & VI, 1837 & 1838 & volumes XV-XVIII, 1847-50, 117 handcoloured lithographic plates of flowers, occasional light spotting or offsetting, first 3 volumes bound in original publisher’s cloth, remainder in contemporary half green calf, gilt decorated spines, slightly rubbed, 8vo Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (9)
£200-300
89 Hibberd (Shirley, ed.). The Floral World and Garden Guide, six volumes (bound in 3), 1858 - 1863, three chromolithographic plates and numerous illustrations to text, uniform contemporary half calf gilt, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, with another edition (1872) with twelve chromolithographic plates, some dust soiling and slight spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, 8vo, together with Johnson (Charles), The Ferns of Great Britain: Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, 1855, forty-nine engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper, contemporary half calf gilt, a little stained, worn and frayed, 8vo, plus Anderson (James, editor), The New Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturist, circa 1890, twenty-seven chromolithographic plates (including five folding) some spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, some wear, 8vo, with two other horticultural volumes similar Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (8)
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90 Horticultural Society of London. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 7 volumes, mixed editions, 18201830, engraved title-pages, 79 fine hand colour aquatint and stipple engraved plates. (8 folding), 61 engraved plates and tables (6 folding), some plates slightly cropped to image, imprint & captions, occasional minor spotting, together with Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 3 volumes, 2nd series, 1835-48, 23 fine hand-coloured aquatint and stipple engraved plates (one folding), 20 engraved tables and 4 engraved plates, including one folding (correct as list), some plates cropped to image, imprint and captions, accasional minor spotting, contemporary uniform half calf gilt, with green morocco spine labels, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, one or two joints partly cracked, (upper cover to first volume near-detached), 4to
91 Jardine (Sir William). Humming-Birds, 2 volumes, Naturalist’s Library series, Edinburgh, 1834, half-title to volume 2, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional hand-coloured engraved vignette title to each, sixty-four hand-coloured engraved plates (complete), with-out publisher’s adverts, occasional marks and toning, endpapers renewed, modern half calf retaining contemporary marbled boards, small 8vo, together with Huxley (Thomas H.), Darwiniana Essays, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1896, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, plus The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin, volume 2 only (of 2), 2nd edition, 3rd impression, 1898, contemporary half calf gilt, red morocco title label, 8vo (4)
Rare complete set of the Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, with fine hand-coloured illustrations of flowers and fruit. (10) £1000-1500
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92 Jefferies (Richard). Hodge and his Masters, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1880, advertisements at end of volume II, small loss at top margin of volume II title (from rough opening), previous owner inscriptions, original brown cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed with small splits, 8vo, together with Wood Magic: A Fable, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1881, advertisements at end of each, some light spotting, original green cloth, spines slightly darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus The Dewy Morn. A Flood, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1884, some spotting, volume I endpapers sometime renewed, volume I front hinge reinforced (rear hinge cracking), original green cloth, volume I spine discreetly repaired, edges a little rubbed, 8vo and After London; or, Wild England, 1st edition, 1885, advertisements at end, a little light spotting, hinges breaking, original brown cloth, spine a little darkened and rubbed, 8vo, together with The Gamekeeper at Home. Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life, 1st edition, 1878, some light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription to half title, original green cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed (small tear at head), 8vo, plus Wild Life in a Southern County, 1st edition, 1879, light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription, hinges a little weak, original green cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with others by Jefferies including Nature Near London, 1883, The Open Air, 1885, Jefferies’ Land. A History of Swindon and its Environs, 1896 (one of 350 copies), Amaryllis at the Fair, 1887 (ex-libris), Round About a Great Estate, 1880, plus some biographies, pamphlets (including Arthur Thorn’s The Life-Worship of Richard Jefferies, 1920), reprints, ephemera, and numbers 1-31 of the Richard Jefferies Society Journal 1992-2016 (approx. 91)
94 Kent (Nathaniel). Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, 1st edition, for J. Dodsley, 1775, bound with: [Lewis, John], Uniting and Monopolizing Farms, plainly proved disadvantageous to the Land-Owners, and highly prejudicial to the Public, by a Gentleman in the Country, 1st edition, for M. Hingeston, 1767, 2 works in 1 volume, 10 engraved folding plates to Kent’s work, Lewis’s work comprising 32 pp., Kent title page inscribed ‘The ingenious Author’s present to R. Marsham’ in a contemporary hand, ownership inscription ‘R. Marsham’ to Lewis title, frequent annotations in same hand to margins and rear endpapers, later bookplate of one Robert Marsham with family motto ‘quod adest’, contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco label, slightly rubbed, small hole to front joint, 8vo, together with: Rapin (René), Rapin of Gardens. A Latin Poem. In Four Books. English’d by Mr. Gardiner, 1st edition in English, by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintott, [1706], engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved folding plates, gift inscription dated 1803 to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, a fine copy, 8vo, Monk (John), An Agricultural Dictionary, 3 volumes, 1st edition, by G. Woodfall for the author, 1794, folding table, contemporary tree calf, green morocco labels, a bright set, 8vo, [Young, Arthur], Rural Oeconomy: or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry, 2nd edition, corrected, printed for T. Becket, 1773, bound without half-title, contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed, lacking spine label, clean loss of headcap, 8vo, [Young, Arthur], The Farmer’s Letters to the People of England, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed for W. Strahan [and others], 1771, half-titles, bound without the 14 folding plates, large engraved bookplates of John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), contemporary polished tan calf, richly gilt spines, extremities slightly rubbed, joints partially split but firm, 8vo, volume 1 lacking a spine label, 8vo
£150-200
93 Kelson (George M.). The Salmon Fly: how to dress it and how to use it, 1st edition, published by the author, 1895, frontispiece, 8 chromolithographic plates with tissue-guards, numerous illustrations in the text, original pictorial maroon cloth gilt, spine sunned, headcaps bumped, corners slightly rubbed, custom morocco-backed solander box, large 8vo (1)
Kress 7125 (Kent), 6466 (Lewis), B2795 (Monk), 6988 (Young, Rural Oeconomy), 6832 (Young, The Farmer’s Letters); Foxon G11 and Henrey 1253 for Rapin. Provenance (first item): ownership inscriptions and annotations of pioneering English naturalist Robert Marsham (1708-1797); the bookplate is later and likely belongs to his son or grandson, who were both also called Robert. ESTC traces six copies only of the anonymous pamphlet (attributed to Ipswich farmer John Lewis) which is bound with Nathaniel Kent’s work. (8) £300-500
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97 Loudon (John Claudius). An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture; containing numerous designs for dwellings, from the cottage to the villa, including farm houses, farmeries and other agricultural buildings..., new edition, edited by Mrs. Loudon, 1846, half title not present, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, publisher’s list at end, contemporary bookplate of E. Bickerton Evans to front pastedown, and bookseller’s ticket of Coombs, Worcester, original blindstamped green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a little rubbed to extremities and lightly faded to spine, thick 8vo, together with Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-Hardy... with Their Propagation, Culture, Management..., 8 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1838, numerous monochrome wood engraved plates (including some folding), some spotting, original uniform plain cloth, with gilt spine label to each volume, some fading to spines, and second volume with short tear to head of spine, 8vo (9)
£200-300
95 Langley (Batty). New Principles of Gardening: or, the Laying Out and Planting [of] Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c., after a more Grand and Rural Manner than has been done before..., 1st edition, for A. Bettesworth and J. Batley, 1728 [1727], title-page printed in red and black with advertisement to verso (some soiling, two marginal tears with blank loss, repaired to versos), 27 folding or double-page engraved plates and plans, two detached and several with closed tears, closely trimmed with occasional loss of plate numbering and caption information, some occasional spotting and soiling, old light damp stain to lower outer corner of early leaves, lacks engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked with remains of original spine and new spine label relaid, fore-edges restored, 4to (25 x 20cm) Berlin Cat. 3414; Henrey 927. (1)
£700-1000
96 Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron ). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 volumes, 2nd edition, 1891-97, photogravure portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, 421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates, mostly after Archibald Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans, mounted on linen stubbs throughout, bookplate of Howard Gould to each volume, top edges gilt, modern dark brown crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, inner dentelles gilt with silk doublures, 4to Anker 308; Fine Bird Books, p. 119; Nissen IVB 563. One of 450 sets. (7) £1000-1500
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98 Loudon (John Claudius). Observations on Laying Out Farms, in the Scotch Style, Adapted to England. Comprising an Account of the Introduction of the Berwickshire Husbandry into Middlesex and Oxfordshire, with Remarks on the Importance of the System to the General Improvement of Landed Property, 1st edition, John Harding, 1812, complete with half-title and 38 erratically numbered engraved plates and plans (10 hand-coloured including large plate with panoramas and 2 maps, mostly aquatints), some folding or double-page, some browning (affecting most uncoloured plates and vertical lines to folding plates), a few neat closed tear and marginal repairs, contemporary half calf, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid, folio (36.5 x 26cm) Though the title-page calls for 40 plates, the work is complete with 38 as explained on page 12. Some pages are misnumbered (7/8 and 17/18 skipped, 59/60 doubled). Not in Abbey. (1) ÂŁ2000-3000
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99 Marine Algae. A 19th century collection of dried seaweed specimens, approximately 80 specimens (offset), each individually mounted within a paper fold, folio size 23 x 18.5cm, the front covers with manuscript lettering detailing Latin name and classification, together with the place of collection, some marked ‘rare’ or ‘very rare’, one loose in folio, a small number with minor breaks, contained together in a contemporary cloth-covered drop-side box, with leather label lettered in gilt ‘Zoophytes’, box size 25 x 20.5cm Most specimens are marked as being collected at Hastings, other sites of collection include the Isle of Wight, Plymouth, Torbay, and sites in both Scotland and Ireland (including the Giant’s Causeway). (1) £300-500
100 Maund (Benjamin). The Botanic Garden; Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain..., volumes 1-13, 1825-51, calligraphic title, some volumes with an additional printed title, front endpapers detached in volume one, 312 engraved plates finely hand coloured, each with tissue guard, very occasional spotting, bookplate of Nicholas Charrington Junr., all edges gilt, uniform contemporary green morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities, 4to Nissen BBI 2222. (13)
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103 Miller (John). An Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, 2 volumes, printed for Robert Faulder, 1794-89, engraved frontispiece and title both with hand-colouring to first volume, engraved title to second volume also hand-coloured, and 191 hand coloured engraved plates of flowers, edges untrimmed, 20th century quarter cloth, large 8vo, together with Martyn (Thomas), Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany, printed for B. & J. White, 1794, 38 hand-coloured engraved plates, publisher's advert leaf at rear, contemporary half calf, rubbed and minor wear, 8vo (3)
£200-300
101 Maund (Benjamin). The Botanic Garden; Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain..., volumes 1-8 (of 13), 1825-32, calligraphic title to each volume, some title pages toned, 192 fine engravings all with contemporary hand colouring, each with tissue guard, occasional spotting, very occasional offsetting, contemporary half calf gilt, spine on volume eight frayed with some loss, worn, 4to Nissen 2222 (8)
£500-800
102 Miller (Philip). The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden..., 3rd edition, printed for the Author, 1737, licence leaf and engraved frontispiece, engraved plate, Appendix (dated 1735) bound in after Index, a little spotting, contemporary mottled calf, some edge and corner wear, antique-style calf reback with leather label, folio (1)
104 Moore (Thomas). The Octavo Nature-Printed British Ferns..., Nature-Printed by Henry Bradbury, 2 volumes, Bradbury & Evans, 1860, additional decorative title-pages, 122 colour plates (114 numbered plates plus 8 bis. plates), 19th-century polished calf, giltdecorated spines with leather labels, a little corner wear, 8vo (2)
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105 More (Thomas). The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by John Lindley, nature-printed by Henry Bradbury, published by Bradbury and Evans, 1857, 51 nature-printed plates, all printed in colours by Bradbury & Evans, a little occasional spotting and slight offsetting to tissue-guards, occasional marginal fraying and dustsoiling, marginal repairs to half-title, contemporary half morocco, with gilt-lettered cloth panel on upper cover, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed and slight wear, folio (55 x 37cm) This issue has the date 1857 on the title-page, but otherwise is the same as the edition dated 1856. Nissen BBI 1400; Pritzel 6405. (1) £2000-3000
106 Morris (F.O.). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 5th edition, 1903, half-titles, titles printed in red & black, 400 hand-coloured engraved plates, some occasional spotting, front pastedown to volume 1 with mounted armorial bookplate of Thomas Stephens of Little Sodbury in Glocestershire, original gilt-decorated green cloth, spine ends somewhat creased, volume 3 with small mark to front cover, 8vo (6)
£200-300
107 New Naturalist Series. 93 volumes, 1946-2011, comprising numbers 1, 6, 8, 17-19, 38-39, 41, 43, 46, 55-61, 62 (3 copies), 6465, 68, 72, 72, 77, 79-80, 82 (2), 83-85, 86 (2), 89 (2), 90, 91-114 (2 copies of each), 115, & 116 (2), number 1 a 1946 reprint else all 1st editions, colour and monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting to a few early titles, one or two inscriptions, original cloth (a few early number with some fading), dust jackets, a few chips, number 18 ex-libris, 17 & 18 later laminated, some fading to a few spines, numbers 97 onwards in publisher’s shrinkwrap, 8vo, together with numbers 1, 2, 4-6, 9, 11, 19, 20 & 22 from the New Naturalist Monograph series, 1948-71 (103)
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109 Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, and their Allies the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails, 6 volumes, Frederick Warne, [1873], numerous chromolithographic plates including frontispieces and one uncoloured lithogrphic plate, slight foxing to first few leaves, near contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper, all edges gilt, publisher’s decorative green cloth, very slight wear to extremities, 8vo A clean bright set. (6)
108 Parkinson (John). Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or A garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up: with a Kitchen garden of all manner of herbes, rootes, & fruites, for meate or sause used with us, and an Orchard of all sorte of fruitbearing Trees and shrubbes fit for our Land together with the right orderinge planting & preserving of them and their uses & vertues, Collected by John PArkinson Apothecary of London, 1st edition, London: [Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young], 1629, imprint from colophon, woodcut title closetrimmed and lined to verso (some cropping to ruled border at head & foot), numerous woodcut illustrations, 35 leaves (**2-E6) at front of volume torn to fore-edge with some loss and repaired (mostly affecting blank margins), *6 possibly from another copy, lower outer corner of 2Y4 repaired, 3G1 & 3G2 at rear of volume also torn to blank margins and repaired, some dust-soiling, occasional dampstaining and few marks, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked and corners repaired, small foli in 6so
£100-150
110 Rea (John). Flora: Scu De Florum Cultura. Or, A Complete Florilege, Furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. In III Books, 1st edition, Richard Marriott, 1665, additional engraved title by D. Loggan following ‘The Mind of the Front’ leaf, printed title in red and black, 16 engraved plans of formal gardens on eight plates, woodcut initials throughout, separate dated title-page to ‘Pomona. The Third Book’, errata at foot of final page of Index, a few old ink marginal words and marks, occasional browning or staining to Book I, ownership signature of Nicholas Saers, dated 1702, to rear endpaper, another early ownership name scratched away from front endpaper, contemporary calf with good quality calf gilt reback, a little edge and corner wear, folio (295 x 190mm)
Henrey 282; Nissen 1489; Hunt 215; STC 19300. First edition of “the earliest important treatise on horticulture published in England” (Henrey). A1r line 4 of heading ends “amend” in this example. A variant also occurs with the quire reset, with A1r line 4 of heading ending “amend the”. (1) £1000-1500
Henrey 325; Hunt 301; Wing R421. (1)
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113 Saunders (Edward). The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands... , 1st edition, L. Reeve, 1892, 32 colour and plain plates, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and slightly faded, large 8vo, together with Lowe (E.J.), Our Native Ferns; or a History of the British Species and their Varieties, 2 volumes, 1874-80, 79 colour plates, numerous illustrations to text, some spotting, contemporary straight-grain morocco gilt, spines browned and heavily rubbed, 8vo, plus Strutt (Jacob George), Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest Trees, Distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty, published for the Author, [1830], additional engraved vignette title and plates on india paper, some old damp-staining to lower outer corners of early leaves, original cloth with leather label to spine, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid, some soiling and wear, small folio, plus other natural history, etc., including some leather bound (2 shelves)
£200-300
111 Reeves (John). The Art of Farriery both in Theory and Practice, 1st edition, for J. Newbery, 1758, 4 engraved plates (1 folding), errata leaf, front free endpaper excised, closed tear to title page taperepaired verso, contemporary sprinkled tan calf, slightly marked, some minor wear and expert restoration, 8vo (20.4 x 12.5cm) Roscoe A434 (1). The work went to a fourth edition by 1778 and the first edition is notably scarce. The author is described on the title page as a farrier from Ringwood, Hampshire; the ‘eminent physician’ named as contributing part of the text has been identified as Dale Ingram (bap. 17101793). (1) £250-350
114 Sowerby (James). Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms, 3 volumes [without Supplement], 1st edition, 17971803, 440 hand-coloured plates on 436 leaves, most figures with neat later pencil captions beneath plate impressions, occasional minor spotting, text leaves of volume 3 at front somewhat browned and heavily spotted, two large ink library stamps to front free endpaper of volume 3, armorial bookplate (motto ‘haud muto factum’) to front pastedowns, modern half calf gilt with contrasting leather labels to spines, folio
112 Robinson (William, editor ). Flora and Sylva. A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree and Flowers, 3 volumes, 1903-05, 66 chromolithographed plates, illustrations to text, original half vellum gilt over cream buckram, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to Nissen BVI 2251. (3)
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115 Sowerby (James). English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synomyns, and Places of Growth, to which will be added, Occasional Remarks, 42 volumes bound in 40, 1790-1866, 2998 hand-coloured engraved plates including some folding, occasional spotting or light browning, ownership initials FMB, dated April 1808 to front free endpaper of volume 1, later ink ownership name of H.H. Vaughan, dated 1861 to facing endpaper and bookplate to front pastedown, additional initialled pencil note by Vaughan indicating that volumes 25 to 36 were bound for him by Bedford, final number to Supplements with original printed wrappers, and inscription to upper wrapper indicating that no plate 2999 was issued, volumes 1-36 uniform contemporary polished calf gilt with red leather spine labels and gilt stamps indicating plate number range to each volume on upper covers, somewhat rubbed and volume 1 cracked at head of upper joint, supplementary volumes contemporary half calf gilt with contrasting leather labels to spines, rubbed, plus Barclay (M.J.), Gleanings of British Algae; Being an Appendix to the Supplement to British Botany, 1833, 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary half roan gilt, rubbed, all 8vo Henrey BBI 2225; Henrey 1366-68. (41)
ÂŁ2500-3500
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Lot 116 116 Sowerby (James). English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth, to which will be added, Occasional Remarks, 41 volumes including Supplement bound in 23, 1790-1863, 2998 hand-coloured engraved plates including some folding, occasional minor spotting, light browning or offsetting, volumes 1-36 (bound in pairs) each with bookplate of Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, contemporary diced calf, neatly rebacked in calf gilt, Supplement volumes with uniform modern diced calf gilt spines, the first 2 volumes retaining contemporary tree calf boards, the final 3 volumes half-bound over cloth, all 8vo Henrey BBI 2225; Henrey 1366-68. (23)
£2500-3500
117 Stephens (James Francis). Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects... , (Haustellata/Mandibulata), 12 volumes including Supplement bound in 10, 1828-34 & 1846, hand-coloured engraved plates, scattered minor spotting, top edges gilt, inner hinges to volume 1 broken, contemporary green half morocco gilt, rubbed and a little wear at head of spines, one volume split along upper joint, 8vo ‘[Darwin’s] first printed words occur... in 1829. Whilst he was an undergraduate at Cambridge, Darwin had sent records of insects that he had captured to James Francis Stephens, and some of these were published in Illustrations in British Entomology. He refers to the pleasure that he got from seeing his name in print against his records of beetles...’, (Freeman, pp. 19-20). There are 92 words quoted from Darwin across 31 entries, with a further two entries naming his as the collector but without quotation. (10) £600-800
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118* Taxidermy. Jay, mid 20th century, single bird on a ‘rock’ pedestal on a stained rectangular wooden base, collection label to base, overall height 330mm From the Peter Farrington collection (Wilmslow, Cheshire). (1)
£60-80
119* Taxidermy. Kestrel, Goldfinch and a juvenile Tawny Owl, mid 20th century, three specimens arranged in a naturalistic setting, stained wooden glass fronted case, with collection label to glass, height 490mm, width 490mm, depth 160mm From the Peter Farrington collection (Wilmslow, Cheshire). (1)
£200-300
120* Taxidermy. Sparrowhawk & Kestrel, mid 20th century, two birds in a naturalistic setting, displayed in a glass fronted stained wooden case with collection label to glass, height 455mm, width 460mm, depth 150mm From the Peter Farrington collection (Wilmslow, Cheshire). (1)
£200-300
121* Taxidermy. Tawny Owl, late 20th century, well presented specimen displayed on a tree stump with a naturalistic base, removable rectangular five sided glass case, D.O.E. label inside case (no. 41414), Cites no. 565078/01, height 490mm, width 275mm, depth 270mm (1)
122* Taxidermy. Barn Owl, late 20th century, well presented specimen of a Barn Owl with prey (a vole), shown on a rocky outcrop in a naturalistic setting, in a five sided glazed case (removable top), height 540mm, width 315mm, depth 215mm Cites no. 565079/01. (1)
£200-300
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125 Walton (Izaak and Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler, 2 volumes, Tercentenary Edition, 1893, illustrations, a little light spotting and offsetting, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, one or two light marks, 4to, limited edition, 296/350, together with The British Angler’s Manual, or the Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, by T.C. Hofland, 1841, plates and illustrations, scattered spotting, bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary brown calf gilt by Westleys & Clark, spine and corner pieces decorated with gilt fishing motifs, a little rubbed, 8vo, large paper copy, plus another copy of the same work by Hofland rebound in diced calf, 8vo (4)
£100-150
123 Tod (George). Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, an Aquarium, Conservatories, &c., Recently Built in Different Parts of England, for Various Noblemen and Gentlemen, including a Hot-House and Green-House in Her Late Majesty’s Gardens at Frogmore, 1st edition, J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, 1823, 27 hand-coloured aquatint plates including one double-page, title-page somewhat dust-soiled and with early ink inscription at upper margin now somewhat faint and indistinct, some old dampstaining to foremargins of a few early leaves including plate 1*, plate 2 dust-soiled and frayed at extremities with marginal repairs to verso not affecting plate impression, publisher’s eight-page printed catalogue tipped in at rear (closed tear repair to final leaf), modern blue half morocco, folio (38 x 27.5cm) Abbey, Life 77; Tooley 491. (1)
£400-600
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124 Veitch (James Herbert). Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons..., published James Veitch and Sons, 1906, 50 photogravure plates, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original half morocco gilt in browned and torn (but largely complete) dust jacket and distressed original cloth book box, 4to Special limited edition of an unspecified number, printed for private circulation only. (1) £100-150
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126 Watercolour Album. The Florist, by Anna Maria Putt, 1793, calligraphic title-page and forty-six watercolour of flowers, some with traces of pen & ink and pencil, drawn to rectos only, one image to a page, each numbered and titled in contemporary manuscript to upper and lower margins respectively, leaves lightly toned, interleaved with tissue guards (spotted), single page manuscript Index at rear, preceded by 9pp. neatly written notes regarding plant origin, propagation, and flowering period, in alphabetical order by plant name, with the artist’s signature at end dated 1893, hinges neatly strengthened, modern half sheep over original boards, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to
127 Woodville (William). Medical Botany, Containing Systematic and General Descriptions, with Plates, of all the Medicinal Plants, Indigenous and Exotic, Comprehended in the Catalogues of the Materia Medica..., 5 volumes, volumes 1-4 including Supplement printed and sold for the Author, 1790-94, volume 5, 3rd edition, John Bohn, 1832, 310 hand-coloured plates including 37 unnumbered plates in final volume, occasional spotting and some offsetting throughout, contemporary polished calf gilt, rubbed and corners bruised, antique-style morocco gilt rebacks with contrasting spine labels, 4to
Anna Maria (died 1829) was a member of the Putt family of Gittisham in Devon, and daughter of William Putt and Mary Walker. Her uncle, Thomas Putt (1757-1787), or ‘Black Tom’ as he was known (on account of his ferocious temper), was a horticulturist who won medals for his fruit trees, and had an apple tree named after him. The accomplished drawings contained herein include: Eastern Poppy; Zinnia; Large-flower’d Monsonia; Black-flower’d Lotus; Azure Convolvulus; Moss Rose; Peacock Iris; Succory Hawkweed; Golden-Flower’d Henbane; Whorled Coreopsis. (1) £500-800
£400-600
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THE ORNITHOLOGICAL LIBRARY OF MARTIN WOODCOCK Martin Woodcock has been painting wildlife professionally for over forty years, specialising in birds, and has illustrated over twenty field guides and monographs, including the definitive handbook The Birds of Africa. His work is in many private collections, and he continues to be inspired by the wildlife and landscapes around his home in Norfolk. Martin’s interest in birds began as a boy during the Second World War while living in Ashdown Forest in Sussex, mentored by a local doctor who was not only an excellent naturalist, but also drew birds. In 1947 Martin sent one of his early drawings, of a great snipe, to the conservationist and artist Sir Peter Scott, and the inspiring letter of reply, with thumbnail pen and ink drawing of a white-fronted goose, is included here (lot 155). At school in the West Sussex countryside, there was ample opportunity for birding, and in Martin’s teens he discovered Cley Marsh, and benefitted hugely from bird artist Richard Richardson’s encouragement and advice, soon ranging further afield to the Camargue, the Alps and then Uganda. In 1965 Martin became the Honorary Secretary of the British Ornithologists’ Club, and as a result of a contact there, jumped at the chance of illustrating a planned Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia, spending several months birding in Thailand and Malaya. He then started eight years of spare-time work painting the plates (while pursuing a ‘normal’ business career). The publishers were keen on further projects, so at last it seemed possible to make a living out of his twin passions for birds and painting. Over the following years Martin travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa, and illustrated many field guides, and monographs on families such as Pittas, Hornbills and Nightjars. Work on the illustrations for the seven-volume handbook The Birds of Africa lasted over 25 years. The fieldwork involved in this project formed the basis for his book Safari Sketchbook, published in 2010. Throughout his career as a wildlife and bird artist Martin assembled a fine library of bird books for both reference and pleasure. Many of the books were bought from the natural history rare books specialists Wheldon & Wesley from the 1960s onwards. There are a good number of association copies and Martin’s pencil signature appears in most of the books, along with loosely inserted old invoices and correspondence, plus related pamphlets, notices and cuttings. A number of the volumes, as noted in the descriptions below, also include Martin’s original watercolour and pencil drawings of birds, making these copies unique.
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128 Archer (Geoffrey & Godman, Eva M.). The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden, their life histories, breeding habits, and eggs, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1937-61, 34 colour plates after Archibald Thorburn and Henrik Gronvold, photogravure portrait and black and white plates from photographs, four folding maps, top edges gilt, modern green half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to (4)
130 Deignan (Herbert G.). The Birds of Northern Thailand, (Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 186), Washington, 1945, extra-illustrated with 40 colour plates from reproductions of Gould Birds of Asia (typed name captions and page numbers), original watercolour of Niltava sundara by Martin Woodcock pasted to front pastedown, Woodcock’s pencil ownership signature to endpaper facing, modern buckram gilt, together with Checklist of the Birds of Thailand, Washington, 1963, bound with nine related taxonomic papers, plus various separates and photos tipped in, ownership pencil signature of Martin Woodcock, modern buckram gilt, large 8vo, plus Smythies (Bertram E.), The Birds of Burma, 2nd revised edition, 1953, colour plates, original signed watercolour and pencil illustration of a yellow-legged buttonquail pasted to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and slightly nicked at edges, thick 8vo, plus others related to the birds of Thailand and Burma
£200-300
129 Baker (E.C. Stuart). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds, 8 volumes, 1st edition, Taylor & Francis, 1922-30, some colour and black & white plates and illustrations, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and spine to volume 2 faded, together with Notes on the Nidification of some Indian Birds not mentioned in Hume’s ‘Nests & Eggs’, offprint from The Ibis, January 1895, title-page, pagination renumbered in red manuscript, author’s signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, manuscript index in an unidentified hand to front pastedown, contemporary half calf with leather spine label, rubbed and slightly soiled, plus The Indian Ducks and their Allies, 1st edition, Bombay Natural History Society, 1908, additional pictorial title, 28 (of 30) chromolithographed plates, lacks last two plates, some spotting at front and rear, plus Indian Pigeons and Doves, 1st edition, Witherby, 1913, 27 colour plates, some spotting throughout, both contemporary tan half calf over cloth with typed labels to spines, rubbed and faded on spines, large 8vo (11)
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£200-300
131 Del Hoyo (Josep & others). Handbook of the Birds of the World, 16 volumes, Barcelona: Links edicions, 1992-2011, colour illustrated throughout, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to
£200-300
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133 Finsch (Otto). On a Collection of Birds from North-Eastern Abyssinia and the Bogos Country, with Notes by the Collector, William Jesse, [extracted from Transactions of the Zoological Society of London], volumes VII, Part 4, May 1870, pp. 197-331, folding map and four hand-coloured lithographed plates (a little fore-edge damp-staining), together with Ogilvie-Grant (W.R. & Woosnam, R.B.), Zoological Results of the 1905-1906 Ruwenzori Expedition, [extracted from the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. XIX], 5 parts in 2 volumes, 1909, 17 colour lithograph plates, all with original upper wrappers retained, modern half morocco gilt, plus Lavauden (Louis), Voyage de M. Guy Babault en Tunisie - Resultats Scientifiques - Oiseaux, Paris, 1924, colour map and five plates, bound without original wrappers in modern cloth gilt, plus van Someren (V.G.L.), The Birds of East Africa, A Collection of Lithographs Prepared from the Originals... , published by A.C. Allyn for the Allyn Museum of Entomology, Sarasota, Florida, 1973, portrait frontispiece and 93 colour plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, all 4to
132 Delacour (J. & Jabouille, P.). Les Oiseaux de l’Indochine Francais, 4 volumes bound in 2, Paris, 1931, 67 colour lithographed plates, some spotting, contemporary two-tone cloth gilt, thick large 8vo, together with Babault (Guy), Recherches Zoologiques dans les Provinces Centrales de l’Inde et dans les Region Occidentales de l’Himalaya, Paris, [1922], black & white illustrations, two folding maps at rear, modern quarter buckram over marbled boards, original printed upper wrapper retained, 8vo, plus Mission Guy Babault dans les Provinces Centrales de l’Inde dans la Region Occidental de l’Himalaya et Seylan, 1914 - Resultats Scientifiques - Oiseaux Collectionnes au Cours de la Mission, Paris, 1920, six hand-coloured lithographed plates and two folding maps at rear, modern cloth gilt, 4to, plus other Asian ornithology and natural history including one volume of journal extracts with two additional watercolours of birds by Martin Woodcock pasted in (18)
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£250-350
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134 Gallagher (Michael & Woodcock, Martin W.). The Birds of Oman, 1st edition, Quartet Books, 1980, colour frontispiece and 120 tipped-in colour plates, four colour maps, original green leather gilt, folio (43 x 30cm) Limited edition, 15/500 copies, signed by both author and artist, and with colour print of Sooty Falcon assigned and numbered by Woodcock loosely inserted. Martin Woodcock’s copy with his bookplate and some loose correspondence loosely inserted. (1) £200-300
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135 Guillemard (Francis Henry Hill). The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea, with Notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelago, 2 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1886, 14 maps (13 coloured, 4 folding), 30 plates including two hand-coloured frontispieces, a little light browning and staining to margins of early leaves of both volumes, oval ink library stamp to titles, blank frontispiece rectos and one half-title, publisher’s presentation blindstamp to half-title of volume 1, modern half calf gilt, 8vo (2)
137 Henderson (George & Hume, Allan O. ). Lahore to Yarkand. Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T.D. Forsyth, 1st edition, L. Reeve, 1873, folding map, 16 heliotype plates, 32 ornithological and 6 botanical hand-coloured lithographed plates, 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue (1 March 1873) at rear, inner hinges cracked, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, heavily rubbed and joints cracked, together with Hume (Allan O.), Contributions to Indian Ornithology (Extracted from “Lahore to Yarkand Henderson and Hume”), L. Reeve, 1873, 152 pp., 31 (of 32) handcoloured lithographed plates, the missing plate (Podoces Hendersoni) reproduced in watercolour and pencil facsimile by Martin Woodcock (initialled in pencil lower left), Martin Woodcock’s pencil ownership signature to both volumes, related note loosely inserted to second volume, modern half morocco, large 8vo
£150-200
136 Gyldenstolpe (Nils). Zoological Results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921, Vertebrata I. Birds, Stockholm, 1924, folding map, two coloured plates, illustrations to text, recent half morocco gilt, small folio, together with Bannerman (David Armitage), The Birds of Tropical West Africa..., 8 volumes, 1st edition, 1930-51, numerous chromolithographed and black & white plates, top edges gilt, modern buckram gilt, 4to, plus Chapin (James P.), The Birds of the Belgian Congo, 4 parts in 4 volumes, (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History), New York, 1932-54, black & white plates and illustrations, modern quarter morocco gilt, 8vo, plus other 20th-century African ornithology interest in English and French, various bindings and sizes (26)
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£300-500
138 Henry (George Morrison). Coloured Plates of the Birds of Ceylon, with a short description of each bird by W.E. Wait, 4 parts bound as one, [Columbo]: The Ceylon Government, 1927-35, 64 colour plates (final plate slightly dampstained at lower margin), original binding note tipped in, original printed wrappers retained at rear, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (with the company’s letter to Martin Woodcock loosely inserted, dated 1972), 4to
£300-400
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139 Howard (Henry Eliot). The British Warblers, a history with problems of their lives, illustrated by Henrik Gronvold, 2 volumes, 1st edition, R.H. Porter, 1907-14, 35 chromolithographed plates plus 51 photogravure plates as called for, ownership inscription of A.J. Dearden, dated 1920, top edges gilt, contemporary green crushed half morocco for Bernard Quaritch, spines darkened, 4to (2)
£200-300
140 Hume (Allan, editor). Stray Feathers, a journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies, 12 volumes (including Index by Charles Chubb), 1873-99, three hand-coloured lithographed plates, five uncoloured lithographed plates (four folding), 10 folding maps (some hand-coloured), some maps slightly frayed and torn or split on folds and two with repairs to versos, volume 2 lacks final five pages of index and here supplied in photocopy, volume 11 lacking preliminary leaves but with upper wrapper tipped in, occasional pencil marks and marginalia by Claude B. Ticehurst and Martin Woodcock, bookplate of Claude B. Ticehurst to front pastedowns of all volumes, except Index, some tears to front endpapers, original gilt-decorated green cloth (Index modern green cloth), rubbed, volumes 1-5 rebacked with original spines relaid, a little frayed at spine ends and small loss at head of spine to volume 1, 8vo Wood, p.585. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (12)
£200-300
141 Jackson (Frederick John). The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate, Completed and Edited by William Lutley Sclater, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Gurney & Jackson, 1938, portrait frontispiece and 24 colour plates, black & white illustrations to text, advert leaves and errata slip to volume 3, lacks folding map to volume 3, three signed watercolour and pencil original bird illustrations by Martin Woodcock to front pastedowns, including Hunter’s Sunbird, Eastern Double-Collared Sunbird and Jackson’s Widowbird, 19 x 12.5cm and similar sizes, Martin Woodcock’s pencil ownership signature to front endpaper facing, top edges gilt, recent brown half morocco gilt, large 8vo (3)
£200-300
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143 Jerdon (Thomas Caverhill). The Birds of India, being a Natural History of all the Birds known to Inhabit Continental India... , 3 volumes, 1st edition, Calcutta, 1862-64, half-titles to volumes 1 & 2, ownership signature of D. Cunliffe, dated 1862, to volume 1 front free endpaper, a few scattered pencil notes and light marginal damp-staining to volume one, heavy old damp-staining to titlepage and early leaves of volume 3, three-page manuscript by Douglas Dewar about the Grey Hornbill for a prospective book to be called ‘More Birds of an Indian Village’ loosely inserted, volumes 1 & 3 contemporary green cloth gilt, volume 2 original blindstamped red cloth, slightly rubbed and nicked at spine ends, together with Marshall (G.F.L.), Birds’ Nesting in India. A Calendar of the Breeding Seasons, and a Popular Guide to the Habits and Haunts of Birds, 1st edition, Calcutta, 1877, 13 uncoloured lithographed plates including frontispiece, author’s signed presentation inscription to W.D. Blythe, dated 1879, to title, additional initialled and dated presentation inscription for Blythe pasted to front pastedown (spotted), original cloth, rubbed and slightly soiled, plus Horsfield (Thomas & Moore, Frederic), A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1854-58, ownership name inscriptions of John Jenner Weir, dated 1862, and bookplate of Robert Washington Oates to both volumes, old stain from previous book label removal to front free endpapers, original cloth gilt, spines browned and frayed at ends, rubbed, all 8vo, plus others related to Indian ornithology including two with the bookplate of Claud Ticehurst (18)
£300-500
144 Kiyosu (Yukiyasu). The Birds of Japan, 3 volumes, Tokyo: Kodansha, circa 1952, Japanese language, black & white plates and illustrations, original quarter calf gilt, a little rubbed at head and foot of spines, together with Seebohm (Henry), The Birds of the Japanese Empire, 1st edition, R.H. Porter, 1890, map frontispiece, black & white illustrations to text, Lord Lilford’s copy with his signature dated 1890 to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, small nick at foot of spine, all large 8vo
142 Jerdon (Thomas Caverhill). Illustrations of Indian Ornithology, containing 50 figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India, 1st edition, Madras: P.R. Hunt, American Mission Press, 1847, 50 hand-coloured lithographed plates (3 with printed correction to plate numeral pasted on), two closed tear marginal repairs to text leaves, not affecting text, a little spotting and dust-soiling, ink ownership name of Bernard dated 9/14 to upper margin of title, lacks half-title, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to
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£200-300
145 Kuroda (Nagamichi). Birds of the Island of Java, 2 volumes, 1st edition, published by the author, Tokyo, 1933-36, 34 colour plates, two folding maps, a little mostly fore-edge spotting, original half cloth, a little rubbed, folio One of 200 copies. (2)
Anker 231; Fine Bird Books, p.83; Nissen IVB 477; Wood, p.407; Zimmer, p.335. Jerdon (1811-1872) worked as assistant surgeon to the East India Company, arriving in Madras in 1836. The author notes that the great majority of the 47 species depicted ‘are figured here for the first time, and either improved figures, or different states of plumage, compose the remainder of the drawings’. (1) £1000-1500
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146 La Touche (J.D.D.). A Handbook of the Birds of Eastern China (Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Chekiang, Fohkien, and Kwangtung Provinces), 2 volumes, 1st edition, Taylor & Francis, 1925-34, black & white plates, two folding colour maps, original printed wrappers from original parts retained at rear of each volume, original initialled watercolour and pencil illustrations of a dusky thrush and a spoon-billed sandpiper (both dated 9 April 1988) pasted to front pastedowns, each 22 x 14cm, original red rexine gilt, a little rubbed, together with Caldwell (Harry R. & John C.), South China Birds, 1st edition, Shanghai, [1931], colour frontispiece and black & white plates, original signed watercolour of a Chinese bamboo partridge by Martin Woodcock pasted to front pastedown, 16 x 13cm, original cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and somewhat soiled, all 8vo (3)
£200-300
147 Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 volumes, 2nd edition, 1891-97, photogravure portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, 421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates, mostly after Archibald Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans, mounted on linen stubbs throughout, top edges gilt, a little fore-edge spotting, contemporary brown half-morocco gilt, by Bickers & Son, minor rubbing, slightly cracked along upper joint of volume 1, together with Gladstone (Hugh S.), Handbook to Lord Lilford’s Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 1st edition, Bickers & Son, 1917, 69 pages, title-page slightly dust soiled, modern red half morocco gilt, all large 8vo Anker 308; Fine Bird Books, p.119; Nissen IVB 563. One of 450 sets. (8) £1000-1500
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148 Meinertzhagen (Richard). Birds of Arabia, 1st edition, Oliver & Boyd, 1954, colour and black & white plates and illustrations, folding map in pocket at rear, ownership signature of Martin Woodcock dated April 1956 to front free endpaper, the author’s printed funeral order of service (1967) and various related cuttings loosely inserted, original buckram in slightly frayed and soiled dust jacket, 4to, together with Ticehurst (Claud B. et al), A Survey of the Fauna of Iraq. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, etc., made by Members of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force “D” 1915-1919, published by The Bombay Natural History Society, [1923], black & white maps, plates and illustrations, modern red half morocco gilt, plus Paludan (Knud), On the Birds of Afghanistan, Copenhagen, 1959, black & white illustrations, folding map, modern buckram with original printed wrappers retained, author’s signed presentation inscription to Charles Vaurie to upper wrapper, Vaurie’s name stamp to wrapper and book label to front pastedown, both 8vo, plus others related including one volume of Ibis and other journal extracts with six mostly small original watercolours (and one pencil drawing) of birds pasted in (10)
152 Oates (Eugene W.). A Handbook to the Birds of British Burmah, Including those found in the Adjoining State of Karennee, 2 volumes, 1st edition, R.H. Porter, 1883, folding colour map to volume 2, some heavy spotting at front of both volumes, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with a loosely inserted autograph letter signed from the author to [H.E.] Dresser, Birmingham, 13 November 1910, giving details of his ill-health that year and asking when the last part of Dresser’s egg book is coming out, a little spotting, creasing and small split to left margin, 2 pp., 8vo, plus Hume (Allan O.), The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, second edition, edited by Eugene William Oates, 3 volumes, R.H. Porter, 1889-90, twelve mounted Woodburytype portraits, neat ink (and some pencil) notes and marginalia throughout, ink ownership signature of Arthur Dixon, dated 1901, to front free endpapers, with additional ownership signature of F.C.R. Jourdain written beneath in volumes 1 & 3, the first dated 21 February 1907, a little spotting, inner hinges of volume 1 cracked, original cloth gilt, a little dampstaining to board fore-edges, slightly rubbed, 8vo
£200-300
149 Meinertzhagen (Colonel Richard). Nicoll’s Birds of Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1930, portrait frontispiece, three folding colour maps, 31 colour plates, line illustrations to text, top edges gilt, modern tan half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to Anker 363; Nissen IVB 675; Wood, p.492. (2)
£100-150
150 Millais (John Guille). The Natural History of British Surfacefeeding Ducks, 1st edition, 1902, additional pictorial title, 41 colour plates after drawings by the author and Archibald Thorburn, 24 other plates (6 photogravure), top edge gilt, original two-tone green cloth gilt, minor rubbing, 4to Limited edition, 181/600 large paper copies. (1)
£200-300
151 Millais (John Guille). The Natural History of British Game Birds, 1st edition, 1909, 36 plates including 18 colour, after Thorburn and Millais, additional specimen plates of the ptarmigan (colour) and partridges in flight, loosely inserted (both a little creased and dust soiled with marginal splits), bookplate of Honorable Arthur Joicey, top edge gilt, original buckram-backed cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, spine faded and a little frayed at foot, folio Limited edition, 59/550 copies. (1)
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£250-350
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153 Robinson (Herbert C., and others). The Birds of the Malay Peninsula... , 5 volumes, 1st edition, H.S. & G. Witherby, 1927-76, colour plates, original cloth in dust jackets, all but last dust jacket somewhat browned, frayed and chipped, 4to, together with Chasen (Frederick Nutter), A Handlist of Malaysian Birds... , Singapore, 1935, folding map, five colour reproduction plates from Gould’s Birds of Asia tipped in, signed original watercolour and pencil illustration by Martin Woodcock of long-billed partridge to front pastedown, original printed upper wrapper (marginal tape repairs) retained at rear, modern cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Smythies (Bertram E.), The Birds of Borneo, 2nd edition, 1968, colour plates including tipped in frontispiece, folding map at rear, related modern map tipped on to front free endpaper, original signed watercolour and pencil illustration of crimson-headed wood partridge by Martin Woodcock to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, thick 8vo, plus others related to the ornithology and natural history of Malaysia and Borneo (18)
155* Scott (Peter Markham, 1909-1989). Autograph letter signed, ‘Peter Scott’, The Severn Wildfowl Trust, 30 December 1947, to Martin [Woodcock, aged 12], in full, ‘Thank you very much for sending us a contribution to the Trust & also for letting me see your drawing of the Great Snipe which I think is very good indeed. I’ve only seen a Great Snipe once in my life, in Ireland years ago. If you have a chance you should come over & see our birds on the Severn. There are 3,000 wild geese there at the moment & last week I was watching them at less than 10 yards range’, with a pen and ink thumbnail of a white-fronted goose by Peter Scott drawn to right of his signature, Severn Wildfowl Trust headed paper, some wear along vertical fold of top half of letter and bisecting horizontal fold, top right quarter panel somewhat dust-soiled, old tape remains to verso of folds, a few marginal nicks, one page, 4to (1)
156 Shaw (Tsen-Hwang). The Birds of Hopei Province, 2 volumes, Peking, 1936, folding colour map, 25 black & white plates and illustrations to text, continuously paginated, first and last leaves to both volumes slightly yellowed, bound without wrappers in nearcontemporary cloth, 4to, together with Wilkinson (E.S.), Shanghai Birds, A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the Surrounding Districts, 1st edition, Shanghai, 1929, 23 colour plates and one plain plate as listed, original cloth gilt, plus The Shanghai Bird Year, a Calendar of Bird Life in the Country around Shanghai, Shanghai, 1935, black & white plates from photographs, illustrations to text, original cloth gilt, both large 8vo, plus others related to Chinese ornithology
£250-350
154 Schouteden (Henri). De Vogels van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi (Les Oiseaux du Congo Belge et du RuandaUrundi), 7 parts in 4 volumes (Annales du Musee du Congo Belge, Tervuren, 1948-60, black and white illustrations throughout, some from photographs, modern cloth gilt, folio (4)
£100-150
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£150-200
157 Vaurie (Charles). Tibet and its Birds, 1st edition, H.S. & G. Witherby, 1972, colour and black & white plates, double-page map, top edge gilt, original half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo, (signed limited edition 5/65 specially bound copies), together with Chapman (Abel & Buck, Walter J.), Unexplored Spain, 1st edition, 1910, black & white plates and illustrations, final leaves and adverts slightly water wrinkled, modern half morocco gilt, large 8vo, plus Chapman (Abel), Savage Sudan, Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life, 1st edition, 1921, map frontispiece, black & white plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, modern half morocco gilt, plus Wild Norway: With Chapters on Spitsbergen, Denmark, etc., 1st edition, 1897, black & white plates and illustrations, some spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt by Mudie, both 8vo (4)
158 Vaurie (Charles). Systematic Notes of Palearctic Birds, American Museum Novitates, 2 volumes, 1959-1964 & 1949-1958, each with typed title-page and index at front, author’s letter signed to Martin Woodcock, dated 18 December 1965, loosely inserted, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna (Order Passeriformes [and] NonPasseriformes), 2 volumes, 1st edition, Witherby, 1959 & 1965, original cloth in slightly rubbed and soiled dust jackets, plus Hartert (Ernst), Die Vogel der Palaarktischen Fauna... , 4 volumes, Berlin, 1903-23, a few original part wrappers retained (some torn or soiled), old pencil marginalia to volumes 1 & 2, bookplate of Claud Ticehurst to volumes 2 & 3, volumes 1-3 contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, some wear to head and foot of spine of volume 1, volume 4 modern cloth gilt, large 8vo, plus others related
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159 Whitaker (Joseph Isaac Spadafora). The Birds of Tunisia, being a history of the birds found in the Regency of Tunis, 2 volumes, 1st edition, R.H. Porter, 1905, half-titles, photogravure frontispieces, two photographic plates, two folding maps and 15 colour lithographed plates after Henrik Gronvold, scattered minor spotting, bookplates of Howard H. Davis, top edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco gilt, somewhat rubbed and marked, spine of volume 2 darkened to brown, large 8vo Anker 525; Nissen IVB 983; Zimmer, p.671. Limited edition, 143/250 copies. (2) £200-300
160 Woodcock (Martin, illustrator). The Birds of Africa Volume I, [by] Leslie H. Brown, Emil K. Urban, Kenneth Newman, illustrated by Martin Woodcock and Peter Hayman, 1st edition, Academic Press, 1982, colour plates, maps and line illustrations to text, pencil signature of Martin Woodcock to limitation page, all edges gilt, original morocco gilt, 4to Limited edition, 4/100 copies. A pencil note by Martin Woodcock is loosely inserted: ‘In this special binding edition of volume 1 of Birds of Africa, the contents are a sort of hybrid between the first and second printings of the standard edition. Thus, the colour work is the improved version done by McCurwen Press, but none of the textual corrections appear, so my horrid little Goldeneye drawing still appears in the Redeyed Pochard account’. (1) £100-150
161 Forshaw (Joseph M.). Parrots of the World, Illustrated by William T. Cooper, 1st edition, Melbourne, 1973, contents partly sprung, original cloth in dust jacket, together with The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds, 1st edition, Melbourne, 1977, original cloth in dust jacket, plus Fleming (C.A.), George Edward Lodge, Unpublished Bird Paintings, 1st edition, 1983, all with colour plates, original cloth in dust jackets, folio, plus Keulemans (Tony & Coldewey, Jan), Feathers to Brush, The Vitorian Bird Artist John Gerrard Keulemans 1842-1912, 1st edition, Melbourne, 1982, colour plates, original half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, folio, (limited edition, 206/500 copies, signed by both authors), plus other largeformat bird books and bibliography
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£200-300
162 Forbush (Edward Howe). Birds of Massachusetts and other New England States, 3 volumes, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, 1928-29, colour and black & white plates and illustrations, original cloth gilt, rubbed, together with Marchant (S. & Higgins, P.J.), Handbook of Australia, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, 3 volumes in 4, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990-96, colour plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, plus Heinroth (Oskar & Magdalena), Die Vogel Mitteleuropas, 4 volumes, Leipzig, 1966-67, colour and black & white plates, original cloth in soiled and frayed dust jackets, all 4to, plus other ornithological and natural history reference works (3 shelves)
£300-400
163 Seebohm (Henry). A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1883-85, 68 colour plates, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, together with Irby (L. Howard L.), The Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar, 2nd revised and enlarged edition, R.H. Porter, 1895, 14 plates including colour lithograph frontispiece after Thorburn, partly uncut, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded, small folio, plus Harvie-Brown (J.A.), Travels of a Naturalist in Northern Europe..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1905, maps and plates as listed, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, plus other miscellaneous ornithology and natural history interest (3 shelves)
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MAPS All lots unframed unless otherwise stated
167 British Isles. Bordone (Benedetto), Inghilterra secondo Tolemeo [printed on map], 1st edition, published Venice, [1528], uncoloured woodblock map in the Ptolemaic manner, with a map of England and Wales with Italian text on verso, 235 x 155mm, together with Munster (Sebastian), Von den Britannichen Inselm Albione..., [1569], hand coloured woodcut map with German text above, below and on verso of map, map size 80 x 135mm
164 Bristol. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Frans), Brightstowe vulgo quondam venta flore tissimum Angliae Emporium, [1581], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, toned overall with slight mount staining, some oxidisation to old watercolour causing slight splitting, 345 x 435mm, Latin text on verso (1)
£100-150
R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, nos. 19 & 53a respectively. (2) £100-200
165 British Islands. A collection of nine maps, 17th - 19th century, including maps of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and ‘collections’ of British islands with examples by Blaeu, Speed, Von Reilly, Moll, Owen & Bowen, Cary and Cruchley, various sizes and condition (9)
£100-150
168 British Isles. Ruscelli (Girolamo), Tabula Europae I, Venice, [1574], hand coloured engraved ‘Ptolemaic’ map on a trapezoidal projection with Scotland orientated to the east, 190 x 260mm, Italian text on verso, together with Munster (Sebastian), Das Under Buch von den Britannischen Inseln, Basle, [1578 or later], hand coloured engraved ‘Ptolemaic’ map, some staining, 250 x 170mm, German text on verso
166 British Isles. A collection of ten maps, mostly 18th century, engraved maps including six with hand colouring, with examples by Moll, Cellarius, Burghers, De Leth, Hole, Sanson, Mercator/ Cloppenburg, Kilian, Scherer and Cluver, various sizes and condition (10)
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R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, nos. 67 & 122 respectively. (2) £150-200
£200-300
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170 British Isles. A mixed collection of seventeen maps, mostly 18th century, engraved maps, thirteen with hand colouring, with examples by Buffier, Sanson, De Vaugondy, Bossuet, Lotter, Zannoni, Meijer, Schneider, Laporte, Faden, Gibson, Holtrop and Thorkelin, small format, various sizes and condition (17)
£200-300
171 British Isles. A collection of twenty maps, 18th & 19th century, engraved maps, fourteen with hand colouring, with examples by Tallis, Cary, Reilly, Horsley, Cluver, Guthrie, Bonne, Lattre, Bowen, Jefferys, Bayly, Rollos, Paas and Wilkinson, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (20)
£150-200
172* British Isles. Pine (John), A Chart shewing the several Places of Action between the English and Spanish Fleets, with the Places where several of the Spanish Ships were destroyed in their return to Spain, North about the British Islands, June 25th 1739, hand coloured engraved map with a highly decorative pictorial & allegorical border, slight fraying to lower margin, occasional repaired tears, 375 x 600mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
173* British Isles. Saxton (Christopher & Hole William), Englalond Anglia Anglo Saxonum Heptarchia [1607 - 1610], hand coloured engraved map, one old printer’s crease, slight toning, 280 x 330mm, framed and glazed, together with Bertius (Pieter), Magna Britannia, [1616], hand coloured engraved map orientated to the west, 95 x 140mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Porcacchi (Thomaso), D’Irlanda, published Venice [1572 - 1590], hand coloured engraved map orientated to the west, Italian text below map, map size 105 x 145mm, mounted, framed and glazed
169 British Isles. Schenk (Petrus), Novissima prae caeteris aliis accuartissima Regnorum Angliae Scotiae Hiberniae..., Amsterdam, circa 1690, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of the Shetland, Faroes and Orkney Islands, central fold and cartouche strengthened on verso, some repaired marginal closed tears, blindstamp affecting image, 580 x 490mm, together with De Wit (Frederick), Nova totius Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, circa 1675, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight toning and spotting, 485 x 570mm (2)
£200-300
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£150-200
£100-200
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174* Cheshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Cestria comitatus Palatinus, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 380 x 505mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Morden (Robert), Hereford [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map, 365 x 425mm, framed and glazed (2)
176* China. Seutter (George Matthaus), Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium juxta recentissimam delineationem in suas provincias disterminatum cura et suntibus..., published Augsburg, circa 1730, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large ornate uncoloured allegorical cartouche representing European trade with China, two vertical creases, 490 x 570mm, mounted, framed and glazed
£100-150
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175* Cheshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Cestria comitatus palatinus, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, some printer’s creases, 385 x 505mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Saxton (Christopher & Hole G.), Cestriae comitatus Romanis legionibus et coloniss olim insignis vera et absoluta descriptio [circa 1610], hand coloured engraved map, 260 x 310mm, mounted, framed and glazed (2)
177 Derbyshire. Speed (John), Anno Darbieshire described, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Derby and a vignette of St. Anne’s Well at Buxton, large strapwork cartouche and compass rose, 385 x 515mm, no text on verso
£150-200
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178* East Indies. Speed (John), A new map of East India, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, large margins, 385 x 500mm, English text on verso, framed and glazed (1)
£500-800
179 East Yorkshire. Bowen (Emanuel), An accurate map of the East Riding of Yorkshire divided into its Wapontakes &c. Drawn from surveys with various additional improvements..., published T. Bowles, T. Tinney, John Bowles & Son & Robt. Sayer, circa 1760, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, inset map of ‘the epitomised map of the East Riding of Yorkshire’, inset panorama of Kingston upon Hull, slight staining and offsetting, 530 x 660mm, together with Kitchin (Thomas), A new map of the East Riding of York-Shire divided into its Wapontakes..., published T. Kitchin, J. Bowles, H. Parker, Carington Bowles, H. Overton, R. Sayer & J. Ryall, circa 1762, hand coloured engraved map, some creasing, some repaired closed tears, 425 x 505mm, with Morden (Robert), The East Riding of Yorkshire, [1695 or later], uncoloured engraved map, trimmed with slight loss to printed margin along upper horizontal border, 360 x 425mm, plus Blome (Richard), A mapp of ye East Rideing of Yorkshire, [1695], uncoloured engraved map, slight dust soiling, 230 x 285mm, and Jansson (Jan), Ducatus Eboracensis pars orientalis. The East Riding of Yorke Shire, circa 1650, uncoloured engraved map, 385 x 505mm, French text on verso
180 England & Wales. Quad (Matthias), Angliae regni florentissimi nova descriptio auctore Humeredo Lhuyd Denbygiense, Cologne, [1592 or later], hand coloured map engraved by Henricus Nagel, slight staining to margins, 185 x 270mm, German text on verso, together with Mercator (Gerard), The Map of Great Brittaine and Ireland, circa 1625, uncoloured engraved map, some staining and spotting, largely confined to margins, map size 125 x 180mm, English text above, below and on verso of map
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181 England & Wales. Browne (Christopher), A new map of England. To the most exellent Majesties of William & Mary of England, Scotland, France & Ireland King & Queen, printed & sold by Christopher Browne..., S. Paske..., & Mris. Feltham, [1693], engraved map on two conjoined sheets, contemporary outline colouring, tables to vertical margins, old folds, slight creasing, dust soiling and staining, folds strengthened and repaired on verso, trimmed to neatline along upper horizontal margin, 595 x 855mm Scarce. R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, Browne 1. (1) £300-500
182 England & Wales. Geography Bewitched! or, a droll caricature map of England & Wales. Printed for Bowles & Carver, 4th June, 1794, engraved allegorical map after Robert Dighton, contemporary hand colouring with some later enhancement, trimmed to plate mark with margins extended and strengthened on verso, occasional marginal tears and repairs, 210 x 170mm (1)
£300-500
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183* England & Wales. Saxton (Christopher & Ortelius Abraham), Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum, published Jan Baptiste Vrints, Antwerp, [1603], map engraved by Pieter van den Keere, with contemporary hand colouring, large decorative cartouche and strapwork mileage scale, additional strapwork cartouche paying tribute to Christopher Saxton and a large maritime vignette commemorating the attack of the Spanish Armada to lower-left, large margins, one worm hole to lower horizontal strapwork margin, 385 x 485mm, framed and glazed R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650 no. 258 Marcel Van den Broecke, ‘Ortelius Atlas Maps’ no.20. (1)
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186 Essex. Blaeu (Johannes), Essexia comitatus, published Amsterdam, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 420 x 525mm, Dutch text on verso (1)
187 Folding maps. Wyld (James), Wyld’s Military Staff Map of Central Asia and Afghanistan, circa 1870, lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 890 x 1175mm, marbled endpapers, contemporary cloth boards with printed label to upper cover, lacking spine, worn at extremities, together with British Broadcasting Corporation, (publisher), “World-Radio” Map of European Broadcasting Stations, in relation to the British Isles, circa 1930, colour lithographic map, laid on linen, old folds, 690 x 930mm, publisher’s printed boards, a little worn and frayed, with Philip (George & Son, publishers), The West India Committee, Incorporated by Royal Charter, Map of the West Indies, 1952, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, four inset maps, 900 x 1180 mm, contained in publisher’s green cloth slipcase with printed label to upper cover, plus Wyld (James, publisher), Wyld’s Map of the Theatre of war in the Baltic and Black Seas including the whole of Russia & Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1860, folding lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, 340 x 490mm, bookplates of Lord Raglan and Cefntilla to verso of map, manuscript ownership signature to upper cover of The Lady Georgiana Lygon, publisher’s printed paper wrappers stained, upper cover detached, and Black (Adam & Charles, publishers), Black’s Tourist’s and Sportsman’s Companion to the Counties of Scotland..., circa 1850, double page hand coloured frontispiece of the comparative heights of the principal hills in Scotland, thirtyfive double page maps with contemporary hand colouring, a few maps with contemporary manuscript annotations to verso, contemporary limp morocco gilt covers, worn and frayed, rebacked, 8vo
184* England & Wales. Munster (Sebastian), Anglia II. Nova Tabula, published Basle, circa 1550, woodcut map with early outline colouring, key with prominent place names, two ‘standards’ of England and Scotland decorate the map, one small repaired hole to central fold, 265 x 340mm, mounted, framed and glazed R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1455 - 1650, no. 28. Munster’s map was the first separately printed map of England and a landmark in the cartographic history of British maps. (1) £300-500
185 Essex. Chapman (John & Andre Peter), Nineteen sheets only from the large scale ‘A map of the county of Essex..., ‘ numbers 1 - 7, 10 - 12, 14 - 16, 19 & 20, 23 & 24, [1777 or later], nineteen engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, two duplicate sheets (nos. 5 & 12), some oxidisation to a few sheets causing cracking and flaking with occasional loss, some spotting, toning and staining, each sheet approximately 490 x 610mm (19)
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£100-200
188 Folding maps. A collection of thirteen maps, 19th & early 20th century, including Betts (John), Betts’s new Map of India, Birmah, The Punjab and parts of Afganistan, circa 1860, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 750 x 640mm, cloth endpapers, contained in publisher’s cloth slipcase with printed label to upper board, together with Hall (Sidney), Surrey [and] Sussex, published Chapman & Hall, circa 1850, two engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, bound in publisher’s cloth gilt boards, with Ordnance Survey,, Five maps, published Edward Stanford, [1830 or later], five engraved maps (of the environs of Bath, Basingstoke & Hungerford, Salisbury, Shaftesbury and Yeovil), each sectionalised and laid on paper, each with contemporary outline colouring, each approximately 625 x 720mm, marbled endpapers and each contained in publisher’s cloth slipcase with printed label to upper board with added manuscript title, plus four early 20th century Ordnance Survey maps of Gloucestershire and one other similar, various sizes and condition
£150-200
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190 France. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), a collection of thirty-four maps, circa 1635, uncoloured engraved maps of France (and three of Switzerland), six maps with the English title partially printed on map, each approximately 205 x 155, partially bound, with English text on verso
189 France & Belgium. Lotter (Tobias Conrad), Mappa geographica in qua Ducatus Lotharingiae et Barr..., Augsburg, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 500 x 585mm, together with Nouvelle carte de Cercle de Bourgogne on l’on voit toutes les possessions de la Maison d’Autriche dans les Pays Bas..., Augsburg, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 470 x 620mm, together with Homann (Johann Baptist and heirs of), Comitatus Flandriae in omnes ejusdem subjacentes ditoes cum adjacentibus accuratissime divisus..., Tabula Ducatus Britanniae Gallis le Gouvernemt. general de Bretagne..., Charte von Lothringen und Barr..., [and] Gubernatio generalis Languedociae occitania olim dictae..., circa 1790, together four engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, two maps with some overall toning, each approximately 485 x 585mm, together with Cassini de Thury (Cesar Francois), Nouveau Tableau pour servir a l’Assemblage des feuilles de la carte de France par Cassini et de celle des Pays-Bas par Ferraris, au Dépôt Général de la Guerre, Paris, 1808 [or later], index sheet (with duplicate) and 123 (only?) uncoloured engraved sheets, some marginal fraying and closed tears, occasional sheets torn with loss, occasional spotting, each sheet approximately 620 x 920mm, (some smaller sheets)
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£150-200
191 Geological Maps. Ibbeson (J.), Section of Strata of the South Yorkshire Coal field..., published Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, 1869, colour lithograph map, sectionalised and laid on linen, some short splits to linen, two ink stains affecting image, slight dust soiling, marbled endpapers, 625 x 865mm, together with three engraved sheets with contemporary hand colouring from the ‘Geological Survey of England and Wales’, circa 1845, each sectionalised and laid on linen, each related to London and South East England, each approximately 345 x 500mm, each with a manuscript ownership name and address of Horace B. Woodward in the margin of the maps and on a manuscript ownership label to upper cover, marbled endpapers
The Cassini maps were the first general maps of France using a measuring apparatus were made by the Cassini family during the 18th century on a scale of 1:86,400 (one centimetre on the chart corresponds to approximately 864 meters on the ground). These maps were, for their time, a technical innovation. They were the first maps based on geodetic triangulation, and took more than fifty years to complete. Four generations of the Cassini family were involved in their production. These maps, known as “Cassini Maps” or “Maps of the Academy,” are still referenced by geographers, historians and genealogists. In 1808, Napoleon I decided to produce a map intended to be more accurate than that of Cassini. However, Napoleon demanded that the primary goal of the work was to produce battlefield maps. The triangulation for this new map began also from the Paris meridian arc or French meridian line, surveyed this time by Delambre and Méchain. Work on this map took place between 1817 and 1866. During this period several different scales were tested, with the scale 1:80,000 being chosen. This became known as the “Geological Survey” map. The funding for this work was provided by the Department of War. The first work was done by the Dépôt de la Guerre (as referenced on the index map) and later by the Geographical Service of the Army, whose first director General François Perrier and his successor General Bassot re-measured the French meridian arc. The variety of paper used on this example is noticeable and indicative of a map produced over a long period of time. (131) £200-300
H. B. Woodward was one of the original surveyors of the Geological Survey. (4) £70-100
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192 Germany. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), A collection of thirty-two maps of Germany & Austria, circa 1635, uncoloured engraved maps, partially bound with English text, four maps with English title partially printed on to map, each approximately 195 x 150mm, English text on verso (32)
Lot 193
£120-180
193 Germany. Lotter (Tobias Conrad), Nova et accuratior repraesentatio geographica Sacr. Rom. Imperii episcopatus Wurceburgensis Francie Orientalis ducatus..., Augsburg 1741, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, small margins, very slight staining to borders, 485 x 560mm, together with Trevirensis Archi-Episcopatus et Electoratus..., Augsburg, circa 1730, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 495 x 585mm, with Accurata delineatio Episcopat. Frisingensis una cum Dynastia Burkrainensi et Comitatu Werdenfelsensi..., Augsburg, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, small margins, 565 x 500mm, plus Synopsis Circuli Rhenani Inferioris sive Electorum Rheni..., Augsburg, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, small margins, 495 x 570mm, and Ducatus Juliacensis Cliviensis et Montensis..., Augsburg, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, slight creasing, one small hole in printed margin, 570 x 500mm, with another four similar maps of German and Prussian regions by Lotter and Homann, all with contemporary hand colouring, various sizes and condition, plus Lotter (Tobias Conrad), Status Mediolanensis in principales suas partes divisas quarum aliquae venetorum aliae Ducatorum Mantuae Parmae et Modena..., Augsburg, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 475 x 590mm, and Novissima et accuratissima delineatio Status Ecclesiae et magni Ducatus Hetruriae publici juris facta..., Augsburg, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, some staining and toning, trimmed to plate mark, 495 x 575mm
195* Gloucestershire. Speed (John), Glocestershire contrived into thirty thre severall hundreds & those againe into foure principall devisions. The citie of Glocester & Bristowe discribed with the armes of such noble men as have bene dignified with ye titlles of Earles & Dukes thereof, published John Sudbury & George Humble,, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Gloucester and Bristol, slight browning to lower right corner, central fold strengthened on verso, 385 x 515mm, English text on verso, framed and double glazed
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194 Gloucestershire. Speed (John), Glocestershire contrived into thirty thre severall hundreds & those againe into foure principall devisions. The citie of Glocester & Bristowe discribed with the armes of such noble men as have bene dignified with ye titlles of Earles & Dukes thereof, published Henry Overton, circa 1707, engraved map with sparse early outline colouring, inset town plans of Bristol and Gloucester, slight overall toning, slight chipping to margins, 380 x 510mm, no text on verso (1)
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196* Gloucestershire. Saxton (Christopher), Glocestriae sive Claudiocestriae Comit (Claudy Caesaris Nomine ad huc Celebrat) Verus Tipus atq Effigies. No. Dni. 1577, [1579], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, elaborate strapwork cartouche, and mileage scale, 385 x 500mm, mounted framed and glazed Engraved by Augustine Ryner and decorated with the arms of Queen Elizabeth I, a fine example in very good condition of the first ever published map of Gloucestershire. (1) ÂŁ2000-3000
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197 Great Britain. Senex (John & Price Charles), A new map of Great Britain corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Society at London, 1714, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of the Shetland & Orkney islands, toned overall, some marginal closed tears, 930 x 635mm, together with Moll (Herman), The south part of Great Britain, called England and Wales, printed for H. Moll, J & C Bowles and Robt. Taylor, circa 1762, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring,tables to vertical margins, slight overall toning, 610 x 980mm, with another copy similar
199 Holland & Belgium. A mixed collection of approximately sixty maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved country and regional maps, battle and town plans, including examples by Blaeu, Tallis, Moll, Bartholomew, Dilly, Albrizzi, Lowry, Cowperthwait, Bowen, Lavoisne, Basire, Visscher, Senex, Russell, Sayer, Sanson, Dower, Philip and Cary, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (approx.60)
£200-300
200 Hungary. Schenk (Petrus), Nova Et Accurata Tabula Sedis Belli In Regno Hungariae. Accedunt Cetera Regna, Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia et Servia: ut et Princip: Septimontium. una cum reliquis circumjacentibus regionibus, published Amsterdam, 1717, engraved map with the cartouche, vignette and table of explanation with later hand colouring, 510 x 575mm, together with Demeter (Görog), A collection of thirty-six regional maps of Hungary, circa 1815, engraved regional maps with contemporary outline colouring, some maps with staining affecting engraved image, each approximately 250 x 300mm
R. W. Shirley. printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750. Price 2 state 3 and Moll 6 states 8 & 4 respectively. (3) £150-200
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£100-150
198* Hertfordshire. Speed (John), Hartford Shire described. The sittuations of Hartford and the most ancient towne S. Albans with such memorable actions as have happened, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1627, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, inset town plans of Hertford and Verolanium (St. Albans), roads added in ink manuscript, central fold partially split, some later pencil annotations to map, additional horizontal fold, 375 x 500mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
£100-200
201 India. Stanford (Edward, publisher), Stanford’s map of India based on the surveys executed by order of the Honourable The East India Company..., showing the Latest Territorial Acquisitions of the British Empire and the Independent and Protected States, 1857, large scale lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen on two sheets, circular cartouche, inset map of the Malay peninsula, three circular distance and bearings charts, overall size 1500 x 1230mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with printed label to upper cover
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204 Leicestershire & Rutland. A mixed collection of twenty-seven county maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved maps, including examples by Speed, Owen & Bowen, Archer, Morden, Moule, Smith, Cary, Saxton/Kip, Ellis, Cole & Roper, Blaeu, Van der Aa, Luffman, Bickham, Collins and Greenwood, some duplicates, several maps mounted, various sizes and condition (27)
£200-300
202 Ireland. Ordnance Survey (publishers), Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Louth and the County of the Town of Drogheda, Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Cavan, Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Donegal, Index to the Townland Survey of the county of Monaghan [and] Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Armagh, 1836, together five engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, each map with a table of explanation and a table of areas, very slight dust soiling and spotting, each edged in red silk, each 620 x 970mm, with canvas chemise, the whole contained in a contemporary red diced calf slipcase with ‘envelope style’ lid, gilt decorated spine and with the gilt crest of the Ordnance Survey to upper cover, spine faded, worn and frayed at extremities (5)
£200-300
205 Leicestershire. Speed (John), Leicester both countye and citie described, The honorable famylies that have had the titles of earls thereof. With other accidents therein observed, published John Sudbury & George Humble, [1646], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Leicester, 385 x 505mm, English text on verso
203 Laso (Francisco). A collection of seventeen maps originally published in ‘El Atlas Abreviado o compendiosa...,’ published Madrid, [1709], seventeen engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, old folds, each approximately 145 x 180mm The maps are of parts of Holland, Germany, Belgium and France. (17) £100-150
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206 Leicestershire. Speed (John), Leicester both countye and citie described, The honorable famylies that have had the titles of earls thereof. With other accidents therein observed, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Leicester, 385 x 515mm, English text on verso, mounted (1)
£100-200
207 Lincolnshire. Bee (Stephen), A Survey and Plan of the road from the city of Lincoln. Over the Heath, thro’ Dunsby Lane, Sleford, Folkingham, Bourn and Market Deeping to the city of Peterborough and also Bourn thro’ Edenham, Grimsthorp Park by Swinstead and Corby to Colsterworth, sold by R. Sayer, circa 1760, large scale engraved map with sparse contemporary outline colouring, with the lettering and draughtsmanship by William Rower, dedication to ‘The most noble Peregrine Bertie, Duke of Ancaster & Kesteven, Lord Great Chamberlain of England &c....’, old folds, slight creasing and dust soiling, slight overall toning, occasional marginal closed tears, trimmed to neatline along right hand vertical margin, 705 x 640mm A rare broadsheet map. No auction records found, Copac records only one copy (Oxford University). Worms & Bayton-Williams. British Map Engravers, page 572. (1) £500-800
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Lot 208 208 London. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of London from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826..., extended and comprising the various improvements to 1830, published Greenwood & Co., 2nd. edition, August 31st 1830, fine large scale map with contemporary hand colouring, engraved by Josiah Neele, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, table of explanation and reference to the parishes, inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Pauls, dedication to King William IV, very slight staining, edged in green silk, marbled endpapers, 1250 x 1890mm, contained in a contemporary green morocco gilt book box, all edges gilt, some wear to extremities
209 London. Cary (John), Cary’s New and Accurate plan of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjacent..., 1819, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, heavily toned overall with occasional splits to linen, with a list of over 500 of the principal streets. 810 x 1485mm, contained in publisher’s marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, worn and frayed at extremities, together with Wyld (James, publisher), A new map of the country twenty-five miles round London, circa 1860, large engraved map with bright contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight worming to lower margin but not affecting printed surface, biro annotation to upper margin but not affecting printed surface, 1050 x 1270mm, cloth endpapers, contained a contemporary cloth slipcase with printed label to upper cover, split along one joint, worn and frayed, with another copy similar dated 1828, on four sheets but split along linen and now in seven sheets, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper cover, frayed and worn, with another six folding maps relating to London, 19th & early 20th century, including examples by Kelly, Reynolds and Airey, various sizes and condition
Howgego, Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850, 309, state 2. The Greenwood brothers Christopher and John spent three years preparing this remarkable new survey of London, prepared on the lavish scale of 8 inches to a mile, illustrating for the first time the planned development of Belgravia by Thomas Cubitt, the completion of the Grand Surrey Canal and Regent’s Park one year before it was completed in 1828. This second edition has the additions of the Lea Union Canal and the names of Bayswater and East Greenwich. (1) £3000-5000
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210 Maps. A mixed collection of approximately seventy-five maps and charts, 17th - 19th century engraved maps, charts and town plans, including examples by Morden, Lewis, Speed, Fullarton Ordnance Survey, Hermannides, Cary, Owen & Bowen, Pigot, Seller/Grose, Bowen and Blaeu, various sizes and condition (approx.75)
£100-200
211 Maps. A mixed collection of approximately 350 maps, charts and town plans, 18th - 20th century, engraved and lithographic maps including foreign countries, British town plans and charts, including examples by Letts, Time Atlas, Bowen, Monin, Petermann, Mason & Payne, Philip and Bartholomew, together with a folder of large scale facsimile maps and atlases, various sizes and condition (approx.400)
£100-150
212 Maps. A mixed collection of approximately 110 maps, 17th 19th century, engraved regional and country maps, battle and town plans, mostly of central and eastern Europe, many with contemporary outline colouring, including examples by Seutter, Van der Aa, Walch, Bonne, De L’Isle and Weiland, various sizes and condition (approx.110)
£200-300
213 Maps. A mixed collection of approximately 170 British county and road maps, 18th & 19th century, engraved maps, including examples by Lewis, Hall, Archer, Seller/Grose, Philips, Bowles & Carver, Owen & Bowen and Gardiner, some duplicates, various sizes and condition (approx.170)
£70-100
214 Mercator (Gerard, and Hondius, Jodocus). A collection of eighteen maps of Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries, circa 1635, eighteen uncoloured engraved maps, five maps with the English title printed partially over the map, partially bound with text, each map approximately 235 x 170mm, English text on verso (18)
215 Middle East. Stanford (Edward, publishers), Untitled map of Syria, Palestine, and Turkey, printed by the Survey of Egypt under authority from the War Office, 22nd January 1917, very large varnished photolithographic map stretching from Missis (Turkey) in the north to the southern edge of the Dead sea in the south, slight creasing, 2860 x 1280mm, presented on stained wooden battens, upper batten detached
£100-150
We cannot find a location or auction record for this very large wall map. Designed for military use its circulation was probably restricted. (1) £200-300
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216 Military maps. De Pontault (Sebastien), Plan de la ville de Bourbour en Flandre assiegé par l’armée du Roy..., [and] Plan du Fort de Link assiegé par les troupes de l’armée deu Roy tres Chrestian Louis XIV..., circa 1670, pair of hand coloured engraved military maps, large margins, some staining confined to margins, each approximately 445 x 535mm
218 Netherlands. Senex (John), The VII United Provinces corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Society at London & ye Royal Academy at Paris, 1709 [or later], large engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, on two conjoined sheets, 645 x 940mm, together with Moll (Herman), Les Provinces des Pays-Bas Catholiques ou A most exact map of Flanders or Austrian Netherlands &c..., published D. Midwinter & T. Bowles, circa 1720, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, on two conjoined sheets, inset maps of Luxembourg, Isle de France and a plan of ‘fortifications’, old folds, very slight toning to folds, 610 x 1005mm
The maps relate to Louis XIV’s campaigns in Falnders in July - August 1645. Engraved in the 1660s or early 1670s and later issued in the atlas ‘Les Glorieuses Conquestes de Louis le Grand. (2) £100-150
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219 Northamptonshire. Eyre (Thomas & Jefferys Thomas), The county of Northampton as surveyed and planned..., 2nd edition, published William Faden, 1791, uncoloured large scale map, engraved by William Faden on four sheets (conjoined into two), two engraved vignettes of Queen’s and Geddington Cross, slight offsetting, slight marginal dust soiling and fraying, overall size 1240 x 1300mm, contained in a modern purpose made marbled card portfolio
217 Monmouthshire. Greenwood (C. & H.), Map of the county of Monmouth, from an actual survey made in the years 1829 & 1830..., published August 23rd. 1830, large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, table of explanation, compass rose and engraved vignette of Tintern Abbey, edged in green silk, slight spotting, 955 x 910mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary calf book box, worn and rubbed (1)
£150-200
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220 Northamptonshire. Speed (John), Northampton, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Northampton and Peterborough, slight creasing, occasional marginal closed tears, 390 x 515mm, English text on verso, mounted (1)
£100-200
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221 Northern England. A collection of twenty-two regional maps, 17th & 18th century, engraved regional maps of north east and north west England, including thirteen with hand colouring, with examples by Van de A, Marmocchi, Reilly, Bonne, Mercator & Mercator/Hondius, Mercator/Cloppenberg and Bertius, occasional duplicates, mostly small format, various sizes and condition (22)
£150-200
222 Northern England. Lamberti (Aniello), Carta II. per L’Inghilterra, published Florence, [1779], engraved playing card map of the northern half of England & Wales, (nine of cups), contemporary hand colouring, a list of the counties and rivers below map, 100 x 60mm Geoffrey King. Miniature Antique Maps (2nd. edition), page 180.A tarot suit card from a pack known as the ‘Minchiate’, which comprised of ninetyseven cards with seven relating to the British Isles. Rare. (1) £70-100
223 Nottinghamshire. A collection of thirteen maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved maps, including examples by Bowen, Morden, Saxton/Kip, Moll, Owen & Bowen, Harrison, Moule and Van den Keere, some duplicates, various sizes and condition (13)
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£120-180
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224 Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Harwich in Essex, The Road from London to Chichester in com. Sussex, The Road from London to Weymouth com. Dorset [and] The Road from London to Montgomery North Wales [1675 or later], together four hand coloured engraved strip road maps, each approximately 345 x 470mm, all mounted, ‘The Road from London to Montgomery...,’ toned overall and framed and glazed The maps are numbers 19, 39, 53 & 44 respectively. (4)
226* Oxfordshire. Plot (Robert), The Map of Oxfordshire, [1677], hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, mileage scale, table of explanation and compass rose, old folds, small closed tears with slight loss affecting image, repaired with facsimile, one long closed tear affecting image, 500 x 480mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Plot (Robert), The Natural History of Oxford-shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England, printed at the Theatre in Oxford..., 1677, decorative title, dedication to Charles II, sixteen uncoloured engraved plates, index bound at rear, bookplates of Effingham and Simon Nowell-Smith, later endpapers, 19th century half calf gilt, worn at extremities, 4to
£200-300
Created by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford, the map is decorated with 172 coats of arms of the county’s gentry, Oxford colleges, the city and the four county towns. One of the most decorative maps of Oxfordshire ever produced. (2) £300-500
227 Persia. Ortelius (Abraham), Persici sive sophorum regni Typus, [1595], hand coloured engraved map, slight fraying to margins but not affecting image, 350 x 500mm, Latin text on verso, together with Kitchin (Thomas), New map of Persia divided into its provinces from the latest authorities, circa 1790, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, old folds, 385 x 345mm
225* Oxfordshire. Speed (John), Oxfordshire described with ye citie and the armes of the colledges of ye famous university, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Oxford, eighteen coats of arms to the vertical margins, central fold split and repaired on verso, one repaired closed tear affecting image, some browning to lower right corner, 390 x 530mm, framed and double glazed, English text on verso (1)
The first map described:- Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, no. 167. (2) £100-150
£300-500
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228* Scotland. Scobie (Mathew), A map of Roxburgh Shire of Tiviotdale, circa 1770, large scale map with contemporary outline colouring, engraved by John Bayley, on four conjoined sheets, inset map of East Point and Chivot Hill, table of remarks and a list of the principal seats, table of explanation, ornate cartouche and compass rose, slight overall toning and some dust soiling, 1050 x 950mm, framed and glazed (1)
£200-300
229 Scotland Jaillot (Alexis Hubert & Bellin J. N.), Carte de la mer d’Ecosse contenant les Isles et Costes septentrionales et occidentales d’Ecosse et les costes septentrionales d’Irlande, [1693-1753], large hand coloured engraved sea chart orientated to the west, old manuscript numbers in upper margin, one repaired closed tear affecting image in upper left corner, 600 x 850mm The map was originally published in the “Neptune Francois” in Paris in 1693 by Alexis Hubert Jaillot and soon pirated by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam and published the same year. This example is from a later publication of the “Neptune Francois” by J.N.Bellin. (1) £70-100
230 Sea charts. Van Keulen (Gerard), Pas caert Vande Zee-cussen van Engeland van Orfordnes tot den Flamborger Hoost, published Amsterdam, circa 1780, hand coloured engraved sea chart of the east coast of England, orientated to the east, 515 x 575mm, together with Goos (Pieter), De Cust van Engelandt tuschen Welles en t’Eylandt Coket, circa 1676, hand coloured engraved sea chart of the east coast of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Durham, orientated to the south east, 430 x 535mm, with Collins (Captain Greenville), Untitled chart of the east coast of England, circa 1760, hand coloured engraved chart, orientated to the east, 455 x 565mm, with another uncoloured Captain Greenville Collins chart of Burlington Bay and Hartlepool, 450 x 570mm (4)
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£150-200
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231 Shropshire. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the county of Salop from an actual survey made in the years 1826 & 1827, published July 2nd. 1827, large scale engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, compass rose, table of explanation and a vignette of the south west prospect of Shrewsbury, inset map of part of Shropshire, slight staining and offsetting, library stamp below cartouche, edged in green silk, several library stamps to verso, library label to endpaper and inside lid of book box, 1485 x 1230mm, contained in a contemporary green morocco gilt book box, rubbed and worn at extremities (1)
ÂŁ200-300
232 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. A collection of eighteen city plans, circa 1840, engraved city plans with contemporary hand colouring, some with later additional watercolour, one map with mount staining, slight spotting, occasional marginal closed tears, one duplicate, each approximately 330 x 395mm The plans consist of:- Amsterdam, Oporto, Lisbon, Pompeii, Naples, Florence, St. Petersburg (2), Turin, Milan, Genoa, Bordeaux, Marseille, Edinburgh, Vienna, Plan of Ancient Rome, Plan of modern Rome [and] Paris [on two sheets]. (18) ÂŁ150-200
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234* Sussex. Speed (John), Speed (John), Sussex described and divided into rapes with the situation of Chichester the cheife citie thereof and the armes of such nobles as have bene dignified with the title of earles since the conquest and other accidents therein observed, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan Chichester, some creasing, central fold split and strengthened on verso, some marginal closed tears, slight toning, 385 x 505mm, English text on verso, framed and double glazed
233 Staffordshire, Derbyshire & Northamptonshire. A mixed collection of fourteen county maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved maps, including examples by Blaeu, Harrison, Pigot, Dawson, Conder, Moule, Cole & Roper, Whittaker, Kitchin, Bowen and Collins, various sizes and condition (14)
£150-200
(1)
£200-300
235* Turkish Empire. Speed (John), The Turkish Empire, published George Humble, [1627], hand coloured engraved ‘carte-a-figures’ map, ten costumed figures to the vertical margins, eight oval vignettes of principal cities to upper horizontal margin, 395 x 515mm, mounted, framed and double glazed, English text on verso A clean bright example in very good condition of one of the most decorative maps of the region issued in the 17th Century and the first map of the region to be published in England. (1) £700-1000
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236 Underground map. Beck (Henry C.), London Underground Transport, 1937, colour photolithographic on card, an example of Beck’s iconic map of the London Underground four years after its first appearance, slight spotting, the verso shows a detail of the interchange stations in the central area with the names of the stations within diamonds, some staining to verso, two folds, 155 x 225mm, together with a London Transport 1935 untitled folding map of the bus routes in the central area of London, old folds, 430 x 565mm (2)
238 Wales. Jansson (Jan), Ceretica sive Cardiganensis comitatus Anglis Cardigan Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 385 x 505mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, together with Van den Keere (Pieter), Wales, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, 85 x 125mm, English text on verso, mounted, with Mercator (Gerard & Cloppenburg H. Jan Evertsz), Cambriae typus auctore Humeredo Lhuydo, Denbigiense Cambrobritanno, circa 1630, hand coloured engraved map, 185 x 255mm, mounted, plus Bertius (Pieter), Cambria, [1618], uncoloured engraved map, 100 x 130mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, and Luffman (John), Caerdiganshire, [1803], circular miniature map with contemporary hand colouring, English text below map, map size (to plate mark) 80 x 70mm, mounted, with another four county maps of Cardiganshire and three strip road maps of north west Wales, including examples by Van den Keere, Miller, Cowley, Osborne, Owen & Bowen and Senex, various size and condition, mounted, with a 1901 lithographic folding map of the Great Western Railway, sectionalised and laid on linen, 750 x 820mm
£70-100
(13)
£150-200
237 Vienna. De Hooghe (Romain), Untitled engraving of the siege of Vienna, published Amsterdam, Nicolas Visscher, circa 1685, uncoloured engraving, faded manuscript title above map, vertical margins extended, 460 x 575mm A view of Vienna as it was when besieged by the Turks in 1683. (1) £150-200
239 West Indies. A collection of approximately forty-five maps, mostly 18th & 19th century, engraved and lithographic maps of individual islands and the whole archipelago, including examples by Bellin, Hall, Dower. S.D.U.K., Philip, W. & A. K. Johnston, Biset, Thomson, Brué, Bowen, Blackie, Bonne, Delamarche, Le Rouge, Meyer, Chatelain and Dilly & Robinson, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (approx.45)
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243* World. Porro (Girolamo & Magini Giovanni), Universi orbis descriptio, published Venice, [1596], hand coloured map of the world on an oval projection with six wind heads, 135 x 175mm, mounted, framed and glazed
240* Wiltshire. Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Wiltoniae comitatus herbida..., 1st edition, [1607], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 280 x 355mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
R. W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World, no.195. The map was re-printed a year later in Cologne with an abbreviated ‘Terra incognita’ above the North American continent. (1) £200-300
£70-100
241 World. A collection of fourteen maps of the world, hemispheres, globes and comparison plates, 18th & 19th century, engraved and lithographic plates, including examples by Chardon, Thomson, Guthrie, Harrison, Kelly, Smith, Harris and Bartholomew, various sizes and condition (14)
£120-180
244* World. Quad (Matthais), Typus orbis terrarum ad imitationem universalis gerhardi Mercatoris..., published Johann Bussemacher, Cologne, [1600], hand coloured engraved map, inset portrait of Christ in an oval frame and a quotation from Cicero below the map, 220 x 310mm, mounted, framed and glazed R. W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World, no. 197. Note the mythical islands of Groclant, Thule, Frischlant and S. Brandam which appear near Greenland. (1) £300-500
242* World. Magini (Giovanni Antonio), Universi orbis descriptio ad usum navigantium, published Venice, [1596], hand coloured map, engraved by G. Porro, 135 x 175mm, mounted, framed and glazed R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no. 196. First published in Magini’s edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia. This ‘mariner’s map’ is a reduced version of Gerard Mercator’s large world map of 1569. Note the speculative addition of a mountain range in the Southern Continent, a clear ‘North-West passage’ and the absence of the Great Lakes. (1) £200-300
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245 Yorkshire. Saxton (Christopher & Hole William), Eboracensis comitatus pars septentrionalis vulgo North Riding, Eboracensis comitatis pars occidentalis vulgo West Riding [and] Eboracensis comitaus..., pars orientalis vulgo East Riding, [1607, 1637 & 1610 respectively], together three hand coloured engraved maps, the West Riding toned overall, the North Riding with some text ‘showthrough’ and slight staining to margins, the East Riding with slight mount staining, each approximately 210 x 250mm, together with another coloured copy of the East Riding, with Morden (Robert), The North Riding of Yorkshire [and] The East Riding of Yorkshire, [1695 or later], two hand coloured engraved maps, slight toning to the North Riding, each approximately 360 x 420mm, plus Kitchin (Thomas), The East Riding of Yorkshire, published in ‘The London Magazine’, [1749], uncoloured engraved map, old folds, 190 x 200mm, and Morden (Robert), The West Riding of Yorkshire [and The North & East Riding of Yorkshire, circa 1731, two hand coloured engraved maps, old folds, each approximately 170 x 225mm, with another uncoloured copy of the North & East Riding
Lot 245
(10)
£150-200
246 Yorkshire. Saxton (Christopher & Lea Philip), York-shire described by Ch. Saxton. Many additions and corrections as ye roads, wapontakes &c., [published Thomas Jefferys, 1749], uncoloured engraved map, old folds, slight creasing, 535 x 735mm A very scarce late edition of Saxton’s map, with the Willdey attribution removed. The British Library has two copies of this map, but no others have been recorded. (1) £700-1000
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247 Yorkshire Jansson (Jan), Provincia Eboracensis Yorke-shire, Ducatus Eboracensis pars Occidentalis. The West Riding of Yorke Shire [and] Ducatus Eboracensis pars Borealis. The North Riding of Yorkeshire, circa 1650, together three engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, slight spotting and toning, each approximately 390 x 500mm, German & French text on verso The map of the whole of Yorkshire is from the 1636 ‘pre-atlas’ state without the decorative cartouche and mileage scale. (3)
£150-200
248* Yorkshire. Speed (John), York Shire, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, near contemporary manuscript annotation of the rivers, 385 x 510mm, framed and glazed, together with Saxton (Christopher & Hole G.), Cestriae comitatus Romanis legionibus et coloniis olim insignis vera et absoluta descriptio, circa 1610, hand coloured engraved map, ‘open book’ cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, 260 x 305mm, framed and glazed, with Morden (Robert), The county Palatine of Chester [and] Buckinghamshire [1695 or later], two hand coloured engraved maps, some spotting to Cheshire, 350 x 415mm and 420 x 350mm respectively, both framed and glazed (4)
£200-300
249 Yorkshire. A collection of seventeen folding maps of Yorkshire, mostly 19th century, engraved and lithographic maps, sectionalised and laid on linen, many with contemporary outline colouring, including examples by Cruchley, Swiss, Walker, Cary, Gall & Inglis, Collins, Rowe and Ebden, together with Walker (J. & C.), North Riding of Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Wiltshire & Dorset, 1836, together eleven engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some spotting, each approximately 335 x 400mm, all contained in a contemporary green morocco slipcase (lacking envelope lid) worn at extremities (18)
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£200-300
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DECORATIVE & NATURAL HISTORY PRINTS All lots unframed unless otherwise stated
252* Baudement (Emile). A collection of thirty lithographs, originally published in ‘Les Races Bovines au Concours Universel...,’ Paris, 1856- 1864, thirty uncoloured lithographs of cattle, occasional duplicates, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, each approximately 265 x 350mm A group of various European cattle breeds, comprising of pairs of the bull and cow of individual breeds, including Limousin, Flamand, Bazadais, Comtois and Charolais. (30) £150-200
250* Architectural engravings. A collection of approximately 150 engravings, circa 1770, uncoloured engraved architectural elevations, prospects and plans, some dust and finger soiling, occasional spotting, occasional marginal closed tears, each approximately 275 x 450mm, together with forty mid 18th century uncoloured engravings of anatomical studies, physiognomy and classical statues, slight spotting and staining, each approximately 315 x 200mm (approx.190)
£200-300
251* Architectural engravings. Fourdrinier (P., Major P. & others), A collection of approximately ninety-five engravings, circa 1760, uncoloured (with a few exceptions) engravings of architectural prospects, elevations, columns and reliefs, mostly folio, a few double page, good condition (approx.95)
253* Bigg (W.R., A.R.A.). Burke (T.), Saturday morning. Favourite chickens going to market, published J. Brydon, 1797, uncoloured mixed method engraving after W. R. Bigg, 525 x 615mm, together with Gaugain (T.), A shipwreck’d sailor boy telling his story at a cottage door, published T. Gaugain, 1791, uncoloured mixed method engraving after W. R. Bigg, title repeated in French, 525 x 610mm, uniformly framed and glazed in large 19th century ‘Hogarth’ mouldings
£200-300
(2)
£100-200
254* British topographical views. A mixed collection of approximately 530 prints, 18th & 19th century, engraved topographical views, including examples by Bartlett, Neale, Sparrow, Ryland, Noble, ILN, Wallis, Dugdale, Le Petit, Shepherd, Godfry, Cole, Cooke, Buck and Gastineau, mostly small format, various sizes and condition (approx.530)
£100-200
255* British topographical views. A mixed collection of approximately 550 prints and engravings, mostly 19th century, engraved views, mostly of London, Sussex, Scotland and the Channel Islands, including examples by Turner, ILN, Shepherd, Old & New London, Dale, Cole, Cooke, Radclyffe, Sutherland and Dugdale, occasional duplicates, various size and condition
Lot 252
(approx.550)
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257* Cornwall. Buck (Samuel & Nathaniel), The south east prospect of St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall..., [and], The south west prospect of St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall..., 1739 [but 1775 impressions], the pair of hand coloured engraved prospects, slight dust soiling, slight mount staining, occasional marginal repaired tears, each laid on later limp card, each approximately 315 x 825mm (2)
£200-300
258* Derby. Buck (Samuel & Nathaniel) The East Prospect of Derby, 1728 [but 1775 edition], hand coloured engraved panorama, 255 x 725mm, framed and glazed, together with The South Prospect of Nottingham, 1743, hand coloured engraved panorama, two repaired marginal closed tears, toned overall, 310 x 800mm, mounted, framed and glazed (2)
259* Feather pictures. Four feather pictures of birds, circa 1890, watercolour backgrounds with the bodies made of layered feathers, each approximately 165 x 215mm, mounted, framed and glazed
256* Cattle. Garrard (George), Nine prints originally published in ‘A Description of the Different Varieties of Oxen Common in the British Isles; Embellished with Engravings; being an Accompaniment to a Set of Models of the Improved Breeds of Cattle Executed by George Garrard upon an Exact Scale from Nature under the Patronage of the Board of Agriculture...,’ circa 1805, etchings with contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 260 x 390mm (9)
(4)
£150-200
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£100-150
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Lot 261 260* Feather pictures. Pair of feather pictures, late 19th century, two oval pictures, one of an owl and one of chickens, watercolour background with the bird’s bodies made of layered feathers with a naturalistic setting made of a découpage of dried flowers, moss and algae, each approximately 160 x 210, wooden mounts with gilt gesso frames (some damage to frames) (2)
263* Gillray (James). Tha Rake’s progress at University, plates 1 5 (complete), published H. Humphrey, 1806, the set of five etched caricatures with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image and laid on later paper, paper stained and browned, each image approximately 240 x 350mm, framed and glazed (5)
£70-100
£80-120
261* Foreign topography. A mixed collection of approximately 500 prints and engravings, mostly mid to late 19th century, wood engravings of foreign topographical views, originally published in The Illustrated London News, The Graphic and Old & New London, including views of the United Kingdom, Japan, China & Hong Kong, France, Scandinavia, West Indies, Canada, United States, Arctic and Antarctic, Asia, Africa, Switzerland and Mediterranean Islands, various sizes, a few with later hand colouring (approx.500)
£100-200
262* Foreign topography. A good mixed collection of approximately 500 prints and engravings, mostly 18th & 19th century, engravings and lithographs of topographical views, genre scenes, costume and flags, including China, Japan, Africa, Europe, North America and Canada, with examples by Bowyer, Dapper, Chapman, Cambell, Allom, Roberts and Clark, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition
264* Gould (John and Richter H.C. & Wolf J.). Razor-Bill Auk, Stercorarius parasiticus, Stercorarius pomatorhinus, Foolish Guillemot, Bridled Guillemot, Black Guillemont [and] Little Cormorant, originally published in ‘The Birds of Great Britian’ [1862 - 1873] and ‘The Birds of Europe’ [1832 - 1837], together seven lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 500 x 330mm
(approx.500)
(7)
£300-500
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266* Haslen (Andrew, 1953-). Pheasant escaping cover, 1982, watercolour & gouache on board, signed and dated lower left, 52 x 39.5cm (20.5 x 15.5ins), mounted, framed and glazed, artist label to backboard, together with Woodcock in flight, 1982, watercolour & gouache on board, signed and dated lower right, 43.5 x 36cm (17.25 x 14.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed, artist label to backboard (2)
£100-150
267* Hogg (Robert and Bull, Henry Graves). A collection of nineteen plates, originally published in ‘The Herefordshire Pomona containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most esteemed kinds of apples and pears’, [1878], nineteen chromolithographs, mostly of pears, two mounted, four framed and glazed, the remainder loose, each approximately 330 x 270mm (19)
£300-500
265* Gould (John and Richter H.C. & Wolf J.). Squatarola helvetica, Rock Dove, Scops Zorca, Loxia leucoptera, Whinchat, Grey Wagtail, Aeluroedus geislerorum, Cynecula suecica [and] Machetes pugnax, originally published in ‘The Birds of Great Britain’ [1862 - 1873] and ‘The Birds of Europe’ [1832 - 1837], together nine lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, occasional marginal closed tears, ‘Scops Zorca’ trimmed but with no loss to image, each approximately 350 x 500mm, ‘Machetes pugnax’ mounted, framed and glazed (9)
£300-500
268* Hunt (Charles). The Great Match between the Flying Dutchman, 5 yrs. 8 st. 8 1/2 lbs. The property of the Earl of Eglinton and Voltigeur 4 yrs. 8 st. The property of the Earl of Zetland. Run at York the 13th May 1851, distance 2 miles for one thousand pounds. Won by the Flying Dutchman by a length, [1851 or slightly later], large engraving with aquatint after Harry Hall, contemporary hand colouring, one repaired marginal closed tear, 655 x 1160mm, framed and glazed in a modern gilt beaded moulding (1)
£100-150
269 Kent. A mixed collection of approximately 350 topographical views, 18th & 19th century, engraved and etched views of Kent, including examples by Tombleson, Barlow, Winkles, Grieg, Walker, Dugdale, Adlard, Lacey, Finden, ILN, Godfrey, Cooke, Landseer, Turner, Grose and Sparrow, mostly small format, various sizes and condition (approx 350)
Lot 267
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270* Lear (Edward). Cough. Fregilis graculius, originally published in ‘The Birds of Europe’, [1832 - 1837], lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, 505 x 325mm, mounted, framed and glazed
271* Lear (Edward). Rook. Corvus frugilegus, published in ‘The Birds of Europe’, [1832- 1837], lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, 505 x 325mm, mounted, framed and glazed
(1)
(1)
£100-150
£100-150
272* London. A collection of approximately 130 engravings, mostly 19th century, engraved views, many with hand colouring, including examples by Tombleson, Shepherd, Dugdale, Godfrey, Shury and Starling, occasional duplicates, small format, all mounted (approx.130)
£70-100
273* Low (David). A collection of eighteen lithographs originally published in ‘The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands...,’ circa 1840, lithographs of cattle with contemporary hand colouring, three prints with some toning and staining, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, each approximately 260 x 330mm (18)
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£500-800
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Lot 274 274* Manchester & Salford. Harris (John), The south west prospect of Manchester and Salford, sold by John Bowles, circa 1750 [but 20th century impression], large uncoloured panorama on two conjoined sheets, 475 x 1260mm, framed and glazed (1)
277* Reynolds (Warwick, 1880-1926). Tiger with peacock, oval pen, ink, and watercolour on paper, depicting a tiger pouncing on a peacock, 12.5 x 17.5cm (5 x 7ins), mounted, framed and glazed, together with fourteen other prints and drawings, including a grisaille gouache illustration by Carton Moore-Park of an interior scene with two Middle Eastern figures (a gentleman with hookah and woman wearing a yashmak) confronting a young man in uniform with a sword, a pen & ink drawing by Harry Furniss, a mounted and framed wood engraving by Joan Hassall, and two pen & ink drawings by A.S. Boyd, various sizes and condition
£100-150
275* Moscow. Deroy (Laurent), Vue Intérieure d’une partie de Moscou..., [and] Vue d’une partie de Moscou et de ses Environs, circa 1825, a pair of uncoloured lithographs after Auguste JeanBaptiste Cadolle, each approximately 450 x 585mm, uniformly mounted (2)
(15)
278* Roberts (David, 1796-1864). Dendera, colour lithograph print, published by F.G. Moon, 1847, image size 32.4 x 49cm, unframed, together with various unframed prints, including Locomotive Engine, “The Rocket” 1830, Built by George Stevenson, published 1895, 19 x 26cm (7.25 x 10.25ins), heavily spotted, framed and glazed
276* Drawings & Watercolours. Approximately 170 mixed drawings & watercolours, 19th & early 20th century, comprising continental and British topographical views, portrait and animal studies etc., views include Venice, Berlin, Piacenza, Isle of Wight, Dover, Maidstone, Malvern Church, Hereford, and Canterbury etc., few signed, mostly mounted, various sizes (2 cartons)
(8)
£200-300
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£100-150
£500-800
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279* Salisbury. Hollar (Wenceslaus), Ecclesiae cathedralis Sarisburiensis a septentrione prospectus [and] Ecclesiae cathedralis Sarisburiensis ab Euro aquilone prospectus, circa 1655, two uncoloured etchings of Salisbury cathedral, each approximately 255 x 325mm, mounted, together another eight 18th century topographical engraved views including examples by Buck, Bonnor and Chesham, various sizes and condition, all mounted (10)
Lot 281
£120-180
280* Shepherd (David). ‘Serengeti’, Solomon & Whitehead, 1985, with FATG blind stamp, signed in pencil lower right, 45 x 83cm, limited edition 528/850, together with five others by David Shepherd including ‘Cool Waters’, Solomon & Whitehead, 1987, FATG blind stamp, signed in pencil lower right, 50 x 80cm, limited edition 637/850, ‘Rhino Beware’, Solomon & Whitehead, 1988, publisher’s blind stamp, signed in pencil lower right, 53 x 82cm, limited edition 444/1300, ‘Arabian Oryx’, Solomon & Whitehead, 1990, publisher’s blind stamp, signed in pencil lower right, 52 x 79cm, limited edition 987/1500, ‘Cool Cats’, Solomon & Whitehead, 1985, FATG blind stamp, signed in pencil lower right, 27 x 42cm, limited edition 448/850, ‘Porkers’, circa 1980s, FATG blind stamp, signed in pencil lower right, 27 x 42cm, limited edition 154/850, all in gilt frames, glazed (6)
£100-150
281* Smith (J.R.). Feeding the pigs [and] Return from market, published J. R. Smith, 1801, two uncoloured mezzotints after George Morland, thread margins, each approximately 455 x 555mm, uniformly framed and glazed in fine near contemporary birds-eye maple frames (2)
£100-200
282* Smith (John Raphael). The Laetitia series: Plates 1 - 6, Domestic Happiness, The Elopement, The Virtuous Parent, Dressing for the Masquerade, The Tavern Door [and] The Fair Penitent, [1789, but early 19th century impressions], the set of six stipple engravings, after George Morland, printed in colours and finished by hand, each approximately 390 x 290mm, in uniform modern black and gilt frames with verre églomisé mounts A handsome set. (6)
Lot 282
£200-300
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283* Snakes. Four large engravings of snakes, late 18th century, four hand coloured engravings, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, each approximately 420 x 550mm, uniformly mounted and framed in modern gilt mouldings (4)
286* Stubbs (George, 1724-1806). The Frightened Horse, published Robert Sayer, 1788 [and] The Horse and Lioness, published Robert Sayer, 1791, pair of uncoloured mezzotints engraved by Robert Laurie and Benjamin Green respectively, trimmed to image on three margins, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, each approximately 440 x 550mm, uniform ‘line & wash’ mounts and modern black and gilt mouldings
£120-180
284* Spencer (Helen Hammond, 1873-1955). Cathedral townscape with bridge spanning river, watercolour on wove paper, signed H. Spencer lower right, 28.5 x 38.5cm (11.25 x 15.25ins), mounted, together with Mountainous hillside with bridges over river and waterfalls, watercolour on wove paper, signed H. Spencer lower left, 28.5 x 38.5cm (11.25 x 15.25ins), mounted (2)
Christopher Lennox-Boyd, Rob Dixon & Tim Clayton. George Stubbs, The Complete Engraved Works. Number 83 - re-engraved plate state III [and] number 37 re-engraved plate state III respectively. (2) £300-500
£100-150
285 Sporting prints. An album of forty-six sporting prints, mostly early to mid 19th century, aquatints and lithographs with contemporary hand colouring of hunting, shooting, coaching and poaching scenes, many with a humorous twist, with examples by or after Alken, Harris, Rowlandson, S & J Fuller and Hodgson, most trimmed to image before laying into the album, some dust soiling mostly confined to margins, later manuscript ownership signatures to front pastedown, hinges and joints weak, late 19th century morocco gilt, heavily worn and frayed, with the title ‘Castle Milk’ to upper siding, oblong 4to Castlemilk House was an 18th century country house and estate located in Carmunnock parish, south of Glasgow. The house was built around the 15th-century Castlemilk Tower, but was demolished in 1969 after its use as children’s home had ended the previous year. (1) £200-300
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287* Trickett (John). Golden Retriever, late 20th century, oil on board, signed by artist to lower left, 445 x 340mm, canvas slip and gilt swept frame (1)
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£400-600
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288* Van Houtte (Louis). A collection of approximately 470 botanic lithographs, circa 1870, chromolithographs of botanical specimens, occasional duplicates, each approximately 240 x 170mm (approx.470)
£600-900
289* Watercolours. A collection of eighteen watercolours, 20th century, watercolours and two oil paintings of topographical scenes, together with eight uncoloured etchings, various sizes, mostly framed and glazed (26)
£70-100
290* Weinmann (Jean Guillaume). Five ‘double page’ botanical engravings, circa 1737, engravings of botanical specimens with contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 330 x 420mm (5)
£150-200
PERIODICALS 291 Illustrated London News. A large broken run of ninety-nine volumes, nos. 1 - 115, but lacking volumes 22 & 23, 31 & 32, 36, 48 & 49, 53, 55, 62 & 63, 72 & 73, 93, 94 & 95, and 104, 1842 - 1899, numerous engravings, illustrations and lithographs, including single page, double page, maps and folding panoramas, some chromolithographs with adhesion damage, some hinges and joints cracked or broken, several text blocks’ detached, most volumes with the book plate of Lord Cheylesome, most volumes with all edges gilt, publisher’s cloth gilt, some boards with damp staining, a few spines cracked and frayed, folio, together with De Thoyras (Rapin), The History of England..., 2 volumes, published James, John & Paul Knapton, 1732- 1733, titles printed in red & black, retaining only three folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, worn, rubbed and frayed, folio (101)
£1500-2000
292 Illustrated London News. A broken run of twenty-four volumes, volumes 42 - 67 (lacking volumes 52 & 60), 1888 - 1900, numerous engravings, illustrations and lithographs, including single page, double page, maps and folding plates, some bindings with old library labels to front pastedowns, mixed bindings, some boards and spines detached, a few spines partially lacking, folio
Lot 288
(24)
£400-600
293 The Graphic. A broken run of sixteen volumes, 1898 - 1902 & 1904 -1906, containing numerous engraved, gravure and lithographic illustrations, single page, double page and folding plates & supplements, original blue printed paper wrappers bound at rear or retained within each volume, fourteen volumes in uniform contemporary boards with printed advertisement to upper siding and a manuscript title to the spine, one volume in contemporary morocco, one volume in modern cloth but retaining original spine, some wear and dust soiling to extremities, folio (16)
£400-600
294 The Graphic. A run of fourteen volumes, 1907 - 1913, containing numerous engraved, gravure and lithographic illustrations, single page, double page and folding plates & supplements, some volumes with old library labels to front pastedowns, mixed bindings, some wear and dust soiling to extremities, folio
Lot 290
(14)
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296 Alcott (Louisa M.). Little Women, 1st edition, mixed states, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869, eight engraved plates, including frontispieces, first volume without advertisements at rear, second volume with 8pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear, lightly toned and occasional spotting, first volume with one leaf detached, volume two recased and endpapers renewed, original maroon cloth, volume 1 with spine faded and frayed at ends, volume 2 rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, housed together in a custom-made patterned cloth and paper-covered slipcase
ANTIQUARIAN
Early mixed states: first volume dated 1869 and with note on p.341 regarding second part of ‘Little Women’, but without lettering ‘Part One’ on spine; second volume with eight pages advertisements at rear, but without notice for the first part of ‘Little Women’ on p.iv. (2) £100-150
295 Aesop. Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflections, by Sir Roger L’Estrange, 2nd edition, corrected and amended, printed for R. Sare [and others], 1694, 2 engraved plates including portrait frontispiece of L’Estrange by Robert White after Godfrey Kneller,and portrait of Aesop, front free endpaper detached, small spill-burn in d1, large engraved armorial bookplate of the Biddulph family, contemporary panelled calf, joints split but firm, slightly rubbed, folio (32 x 19.5cm), Croke (Sir George), The First Part, though last publish’t, of the Reports of Sr George Croke ... Collected and written in French by Himself; Revised and published in English by Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st edition, for John Field [and others], 1661, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials, text mainly in black letter, errata leaf, contemporary calf, front board near-detached, worn, folio (29 x 17.3cm), Agathias Scholasticus, [Greek title] De imperio et rebus gestis Iustiniani imperatoris libri quinque, ex bibliothecae et interpretatione Bonaventurae Vulcanii, Paris: Typographia Regia,1660, engraved title vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, 3 initial leaves including title page detached, browneand slightly chipped, contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, large folio (42.5 x 28cm), Jones (Sir William), Memoirs of the life, Writings, and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, by Lord Teignmouth, 1st edition, John Hatchard, 1804, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 leaf of manuscript facsimile, browning, ownership inscription ‘Philip Gell, Tr. Coll. Cambridge, Aug. 1804’ to half-title, bookplate of publisher and politician Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852-1926), contemporary quarter roan with Gell arms gilt to front board, spine rubbed and sunned, worn at head, 4to (29.8 x 24cm) Wing A707 and C7011 for the first two items. (4)
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297 Aquinas (Thomas). In libris de generatione et corruptione Aristotelis clarissima expositio, Venice: heirs of Ottaviano Scoto, 1530, [4] + 46 leaves, text in black letter, double column, printer’s woodcut device to title page and colophon, large woodcut depicting Thomas Aquinas triumphing over Averroes (Ibn Rushd) to folio [2], woodcut initials and typographic diagrams throughout, damp-staining to title page and lower margins of outer leaves, variable tide-mark to fore and lower margins occasionally encroaching on text, modern greyish-brown calf with geometric red and black morocco panel onlaid to front board, folio in 8s (29.5 x 19.5cm) USTC 859462; not in Adams or BM STC Italian (but see p. 671 of the latter for the first edition of 1488). Scarce Venetian edition. USTC traces nine copies, all in French or Italian institutions; no copies traced on Copac or OCLC. (1) £500-800
£300-400
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298 Bacon (Francis). Opuscula varia posthuma, philosophica, civilia, et theologica, cura et fide Guilielmi Rawley, 1st edition, 2nd issue, by Roger Daniel for Octavian Pulleyn, 1658, a few minor marks, 17th-century engraved bookplate of Antonius Biderman (d. 1679, bailiff in the service of the House of Fürstenberg) to title page verso, causing faint toning recto and very minor paper disruption to no loss of text, later floral paper-backed marbled boards, rubbed, small 8vo (16 x 9.8cm), together with: [Dunton, John], Athenian Sport: or Two Thousand Paradoxes Merrily Argued, to Amuse and Divert the Age ... by a member of the Athenian Society, 1st edition, for B. Bragg, 1707, half-title, 8 pp. advertisements, browning, bookplate of Robert S. Pirie, 19th-century green half morocco, rubbed, 8vo (19.6 x 12cm), Leyden (John), The Poetical Remains ... with Memoirs of his Life by James Morton, 1st edition, for Longman [and others], 1819, half-title, 8 pp. advertisements, uncut in original boards, short split to head of front joint, extremities bumped, 8vo (22.4 x 13.8cm)
299 Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised: by his Maiesties speciall commandement, printed at London by Robert Barker, 1636, original woodcut title ruled in red present, woodcut New Testament title also present, Booke of Common Prayer dated 1635 bound in at front, and Whole Book of Psalmes, printed by GM for the Companie of Stationers, dated 1636 bound in at rear, ruled in red throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary giltdecorated red full morocco, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, with upper cover detached, thick 8vo Herbert 503. Genealogies and double-page map present. (1)
Wing B314 for Bacon; Gibson 230 for the first issue (imprint ‘ex officina R. Danielis, 1658’); ESTC traces eight copies in UK libraries. (3) £300-500
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300 Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Oxford: printed at the Theater by P. Parker and Thomas Guy, 1685, engraved general title, engraved section title to New Testament by Burghers (no letterpress title called for), roman letter, browning, marginal spotting, general title laid down at an early date, slightly marked and with minor loss and a few closed tears in lower margin, circa 1900 morocco-grain sheep, rubbed and scuffed, spine sunned, folio (41.8 x 27.2cm) Darlowe & Moule 628, Herbert 797, Wing B2341. Printed in the year of the accession of King James II. (1) £300-500
301 Bible [English; Douai-Rheims version]. The New Testament of Jesus Christ ... the fourth Edition, enriched with Pictures, [Rouen:] John Cousturier, 1633, 6 full-page engravings depicting the evangelists, St Paul and St John the Apostle, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, lacking engraved title page, plate (depicting the Pentecost) and quire 2Y (comprising 4 index leaves), browning, a few marks, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, worn, front joint cracked at foot, 4to (23.7 x 17.5cm), together with: Bible [Welsh], Y Bible Cyssegr-lan; sef, yr Hen Testament a’r Newydd, London: Thomas Baskett, 1752, also including the Book of Common Prayer and the Psalms, lacking the Apocrypha, mild browning, a few 19th-century inscriptions including a genealogy, contemporary tree calf, early 19th-century tree calf, joints partially split but firm, 8vo, Bunyan (John), The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World to that which is to come, Newcastle: M. Brown, 1786, engraved frontispiece by Ralph Beilby, spotting and browning, nearcontemporary ownership inscriptions to frontispiece verso (showing through), title page and blanks, related newspaper clipping tipped to front pastedown, contemporary calf, red morocco label, some minor wear, 8vo Huntington (William), A Key to the Hieroglyphical Print of the Church of God, in her Fivefold State, 1st edition, for the author, 1791, contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, [Molindes, Franz], Pietas quotidiania, erga divinissimum humani generis redemptorem, fidei authorem, salutis consummatorem, Jesus crucifixum, Wroclaw: Typis Academicis Collegii Societatis Jesus, 1738, old ink-stamp to title page, endpapers renewed, contemporary sprinled calf, 12mo (13.6 x 8cm), and 1 other
Lot 300
Darlow & Moule 370, Herbert 479 and STC 2946 for the first item; Darlow & Moule 9600 for the second (their copy also lacking the Apocrypha). ESTC traces one copy only for the Newcastle edition of Bunyan (Newcastle Central Library), and eight for the key to Huntington’s popular engraving. OCLC locates one copy for this edition of the final item (Molindes), at the National Library of Poland. (6) £300-500
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302 Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall commandement..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker and John Bill, 1630, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut border, general title with manuscript date beneath imprint and inscriptions to verso with slight show-through, Apocrypha present, double column black letter text with occasional very slight close-trimming to running titles and marginal notes, bound with at front the Genealogies by John Speed, including double-page woodcut map of the Canaan, Genealogies title strengthened to inner margin and initial leaves frayed to outer margins, bound with at rear A Briefe Concordance..., London: Printed by the Assignes of Clemment Cotton, 1630, with woodcut device to title, also bound with an incomplete Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by W.S. for the Company of Stationers, 1631, volume contains early ownership inscriptions and genealogical entries for Robert Imbleton dated Jan 2nd 1647, William Story (undated), and John Foster dated 1758 & 1780, occasional light dust-soiling and dampstains mostly to first & last few leaves, contemporary gilt panelled maroon morocco, second compartment of spine with gilt initials WM and date 1710, upper joint split at head & foot, spine worn with loss at head & foot, upper board dust-soiled, extremities worn, 4to, (leaf size 212 x 160mm)
303 Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty’s Special Command, Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1763, general title and New Testament titles present, Apocrypha present, general title creased and with few short insect holes (not affecting text), occasional minor spotting and few marks, some dampstaining to margins (mostly towards rear of volume), lacking marbled free endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary mottled calf, faint gilt decoration to spine and maroon morocco title label, joints split and extremities worn, rubbed and scuffed, large folio, 48.5 x 31cm Herbert 1146; Darlow & Moule 857; Gaskell 26; Rothschild 2640. This edition ‘has always been regarded as Baskerville’s magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen’ (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries..., p.279). (1) £1000-1500
Herbert 430, Darlow & Moule 329 & STC 2290. Apocrypha with Wisd. xix. 22: ‘neither diddest thou...’. (1) £400-600
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305 Bible [English]. The Holie Bible faithfully Translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other Editions in diuers languages. With Arguments of the Bookes, and Chapters: Annotations. Tables: and other helpes..., By the English College of Doway, Printed at Doway by Laurence Kellam, 1609, title torn with loss, following leaves also frayed & worn to lower margins, 2K3 torn with loss (with soiling and stains to 2I2-2L2, mostly affecting 2K1-2K4), lacking pages 889-904 and all after 912, some worm trails, dampstains and some dustsoiling etc., contemporary limp vellum with old cloth covering, covers detached, worn, 4to, (Herbert 300; Darlow & Moule 231 and STC 2207), together with a defective English Bible, published Robert Barker, 1615, in 19th century half sheep, 4to
304 Bible [New Testament - English]. [The New Testament of Jesus Christ faithfully translated into English... by the English College then Resident in Rhemes. Set forth the second time, by the same College now returned to Doway. With addition of one new Table of Heretical Corruptions, the other Tables and Annotations somewhat augmented..., Printed at Antwerp by Daniel Vervliet, 1600], title lacking, numerous woodcut decorative initials, few tears to first & last few leaves (first leaf of Preface torn with a little loss, with repairs to first two leaves at foot), some spotting, marks, soiling and occasional dampstaining, 18th century reversed calf, old reback with red morocco title label, boards detached (with first & last few leaves), worn 4to, 21.7 x 15.8cm Herbert 258; Darlow & Moule 198; STC 2898. This is the second edition of the Roman Catholic version of the New Testament in English, first published at Rheims in 1582. (1) £200-300
Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2)
£200-300
306 Bible [English]. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Cambridge: Printed by Thomas and John Buck, 1630, title within decorative border and with printer’s woodcut device, double-column roman text with few decorative woodcut initials, final blank present (4E6), bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures..., by J[ohn] S[peed], [London], circa 1630, and The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments: and other rites and ceremonies of the church of England, with the Psalter and Psalmes of David, Cambridge: Printed by Thomas and John Buck, 1630, title detached and frayed, with old cloth strengthening repairs to gutter margin and lower margin (obscuring some letters of title), leaf E2 crudely reattached to paper guard with some text adhesive staining and text loss, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., Cambridge: Printed by Thomas and John Buck, 1630, title within decorative border, volume interleaved with blank leaves between each part (few blanks removed at front of volume), some toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, lacking front free endpaper, front pastedown inscribed ‘W. Gregory The Gift of Richard Hopton Esqr. at Canon Frome Septbr. 8th 1748. These books were Sr Wm Gregory’s but bought by my mother when my Fathers Personal Estate was appraised at How Capel 1702 - 2 volumes’ and ‘Dr Gregorys Monument in Hambleton Church in Berkshire. He was Rector there’, and with removed bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary brown morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, joints split (old repair to upper joint), loss of leather at foot of spine, some wear, 4to Herbert 432; Darlow & Moule 331 and STC 2293. The New Testament part only of the Bible (NT comprising leaves 3O1-4E6). This and the black-letter issue of the same year are the first quarto editions of King James’ version printed at Cambridge, being a reprint of the Cambridge folio of 1629. Sir William Gregory (1625-1696) was a British judge and politician. In 1677 he was elected a Serjeant-at-law and also sat as Member of Parliament for Weobly, Herefordshire. In the same year Gregory purchased the manor and estate of How Caple, Herefordshire, from Edward Caple, whose family had held it since 1289. After only a year in Parliament he was elected to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons in the Habeas Corpus Parliament. In 1689 he was appointed Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, a position he held until his death. Richard Hopton (1685-1764), of Canon Frome, near Hereford married on 9th December 1705, Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Geers, M.P., of Bridge Sellers, Herefordshire. Elizabeth was the widow of a William Gregory (1676-1702) of How Caple. They had two children William (c.17001765) & Elizabeth Gregory. It would appear that at the time Richard Hopton gifted the Bible to William, the first volume (Old Testament) was included. (1) £200-300
Lot 306
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308 Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne). Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters, 7 volumes, Smith, Elder & Co., 1891, woodengraved frontispieces, vignette volume titles and 21 plates, spotting to plates and outer leaves, top edges gilt, contemporary tan half calf by Henry Young and Sons of Liverpool, gilt spines with twin morocco labels, spines and extremities rubbed, 8vo (7)
307 Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works..., 4 volumes, 3rd edition, revised and augmented, London: H. Baldwin and Son, for Charles Dilly, 1799, engraved portrait frontispiece after Reynolds (offset to title) and two engraved folding plates, toning and scattered spotting and occasional dampstains, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spines and board borders, manuscript library marks in gilt at foot of spines, 8vo, contained in two purpose-made book boxes
£200-300
309 Burke (Edmund, subject). The Confederacy of Kings against the Freedom of the World; being Free Thoughts upon the Present State of French Politics ... in Three Letters addressed to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, 1st edition, for Deighton, and Johnson, 1792, errata leaf, marginal damp-staining to first 2 quires including title page, bound with: [Price, Joseph], A Third Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, on the Subject of the Evidence contained in the Reports of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, 1st edition, for the author, 1782, title page soiled and laid down, repaired closed tear, lacking final leaf (pp. 69/70); Burke (Edmund), Two Letters addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, [2nd edition or later], F. and C. Rivington, 1796, lacking half-title (which contains the edition statement); Dundas (Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, subject, An Exposure of the Persecution of Lord Melville in a Letter to an Intimate Acquaintance, 1st edition, for J. Hatchard, 1805; Le Mesurier (Havilland), Two Letters on the Commissariat; written to the Commissioners of Military Inquiry, 1st edition, for John Stockdale, 1806, title page slightly soiled and with a short closed tear; generally light spotting and browning throughout the volume, stab-holes visible in gutter, contemporary half calf, front board detached, 8vo (21 x 13cm). Together with approximately 10 others, including Hinds (Samuel), A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of Norwich, 1st edition, B. Fellowes, 1852, contemporary half calf by Bedford, 8vo, Sade (Jacques de), The Life of Petrarch, collected from Memoires pour la vie de Petrarch by Mrs Dobson, 2 volumes, 5th edition, 8 engraved plates, offset, contemporary half calf, 8vo, and similar
Bennet Langton’s copy, inscribed on the fly-leaf to the first volume ‘From Bennet Langton to Bryan Waller’. The writer Bennet Langton (c.1736-1801) was a founding member of the Literary Club. He is best known for his close friendship with writer Samuel Johnson and has numerous appearances in James Boswell’s book The Life of Samuel Johnson. The recipient of the volumes Bryan Waller is possibly the poet Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874). Bryan Waller wrote an epistle to Bennet Langton in 1802 (refer to The Monthly Mirror, volume 14, 1802, page 104). (2) £500-800
ESTC N26822 (Confederacy of Kings), T2818 (Price). Pamphlet volume including scarce pieces relating to Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France and the Warren Hastings trial. ESTC traces eight copies only for the first item (Confederacy of Kings); Copac locates seven copies of the Dundas, and one copy of the Le Mesurier. (15) £200-300
Lot 308
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312 Croker (John Wilson). The Battle of Talavera, 10th edition, 1816, period inscription by the author to head of half-title, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco, spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with Hay (Andrew Leith), A Narrative of The Peninsular War, 4th edition, 1850, 20 monochrome illustrations and folding map, period inscription and minor loss to front endpaper, some light toning and offsetting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated black morocco, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Chesney (Charles C.), Waterloo Lectures: A Study of the Campaign of 1815, 1868, later tipped-in inscription to front endpaper, monochrome folding map, minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Riviere, spine lightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus 6 further volumes of 19th century Waterloo reference, all contemporary gilt decorated leather, 8vo (9)
£100-200
310 Capriolo (Aliprando). Ritratti di cento capitani illustri, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Rome: Filippo Thomassino and Giovanni Turpino, 1600, engraved title page, arms and 100 portraits, errata leaf, old repair to title page verso, repair to leaf R1 costing a few letters, 19th-century green quarter morocco, 4to (23.4 x 16cm) Not in Adams; BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 147 for the first issue, which appeared in 1596; the second issue retains the original imprint in the colophon but has a new title page and dedication leaf. The portraits are mainly of Italian notables including Christopher Columbus, but there are also portraits of Tamerlane, Ottoman sultan Beyazid I, Skanderbeg and Hayreddin Barbarossa. (1) £800-1200
311 Cowper (Spencer). The Trial of Spencer Cowper, Esq; John Marson, Ellis Stevens, and William Rogers, Gent. for the Murder of Mrs Sarah Stout, a Quaker. Before Mr Baron Hatsell, at Hertford Assizes, July 18, 1699, London: Printed in the Year, 1741, pages 215216 repeated in pagination, some dust-soiling, stain to fore-edge margins of some leaves, ownership of Hannah James to front free endpaper dated 1750, contemporary calf, extremities rubbed and spine worn at head and foot, 8vo in 4s, plus two other miscellaneous 19th century antiquarian volumes (3)
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£100-150
Lot 313
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313 Crouch (Nathaniel, publisher). Delights for the Ingenious, in above Fifty Select and Choice Emblems, Divine and Moral, Ancient and Modern ... collected by R. B., 1st edition, for Nathaniel Crouch, 1684, engraved frontispiece, 1 further plate of Charles I in prison, 50 full-page engraved vignettes, 1 woodcut, 8 pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear, contemporary ownership inscription (Elizabeth Molyneux) to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine worn, 12mo (14.5 x 8.5cm), together with: [Pittis, William],The History of the Present Parliament ... also an Abstract of the South Sea Act, 1st edition, for John Baker, 1711, contemporary panelled calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo (19.2 x 11.7cm), Salmon (Thomas), The Modern Gazetteer, 10th edition, for E. Ballard [and others], 1782, 6 engraved folding maps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 12mo, Patrick (Simon), The Devout Christian instructed how to pray and give thanks to God, 4th edition, for R. Royston, 1678, engraved frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, spine-ends worn, 12mo (14.5 x 8.5cm), and approximately 15 others, including 17th and 18th-century English and French books, leatherbound, a few incomplete (lacking title pages), various formats Freeman, English Emblem Books, pp. 230-1 and Wing C7312 (Crouch); Goldsmith 4832 (Pittis); Wing P782 (Patrick). Crouch’s work is ‘a selection of fifty emblems from Wither’s A Collection of Emblemes (1635); the pictures are copied and poems reprinted without acknowledgement’ (Freeman); ESTC locates six copies in UK libraries; one other copy traced in auction records in the last 50 years. (20) £300-500
314 [Defoe, Daniel]. Memoirs of a Cavalier: Or a Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England; From the Year 1632, to the Year 1648, 1st edition, [1720], a little minor spotting, bookplates, including Ralph Edward Gathorne-Hardy (1901-1978, antiquary and socialite), contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The History of the Helvetic Confederacy, by Joseph Planta, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1800, engraved titles, folding engraved map, a litte light offsetting and spotting, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, small wormtracks and stains to spines, 4to, with two others: The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation... written in Latin by Venerable Bede and now translated into English from Dr. Smith’s edition..., 1723, and Select Fables of Aesop and other Fabulists in three books, by R. Dodsley, new edition, circa 1770 (5)
Lot 315
£200-300
315 Dickens (Charles). Our Mutual Friend, 20 parts in 19, illustrated Marcus Stone, 1st edition, May 1864-November 1865, 40 engraved plates, complete with all adverts (including ‘Economic Life Assurance Company’ advert found here between pp. 258 and 259 of parts 19/20), slips, etc., original printed wrappers, a little soiling and chipping, first issue split on spine and upper wrapper detached, 8vo, housed in modern plain green solander cloth box (19)
£700-1000
316 Diemerbroeck (Ysbrand van ). The Anatomy of Human Bodies ... To which is added a Particular Treatise of the Small-Pox and Measles ... Translated from the last and most correct and full Edition ... by William Salmon, 1st edition in English, for Edward Brewster, 1689, engraved portrait frontispiece, 16 engraved folding plates, a few small marginal holes to frontispiece, title page soiled and with contemporary ownership inscriptions to head, plates variably frayed, torn and tape-repaired verso, often with partial loss of image, some with contemporary annotations to margin, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and restored, folio (32 x 19cm) Russell, British Anatomy (2nd edition) 262, Wing 1415; not in Garrison & Morton or Norman. Rare first edition in English of Diemerbroeck’s Anatome corporis humani; there was a second edition in 1694. (1) £600-800
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317 Dissenters. A Look to the Last Century: Or, The Dissenters Weighed in their Own Scales, 1st edition, printed for B. White and Son & R. Faulder, 1790, advert leaf at rear, some spotting, heavy at front and rear, modern plain wrappers, chipped and browned, 8vo (1)
318 Downame (John). A Guide to Godlynesse, or a Treatise of a Christian ... whereunto are added divers Prayers and a Treatise of Carnall Securitie, 1st edition, 2nd issue, printed by F[elix] K[ingston] for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1629, 2 parts in 1 volume, engraved title page by John Payne, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, engraved title and final text leaf trimmed and mounted with very slight loss to head of title, other leaves in quire A restored along top edges to loss of headlines, very occasional marginal damp-staining, extending into text in final 20 leaves, tiny interlinear spill-burns to F4, G4 and T5, minor worming in lower margins of 3P-4B, leaf 4K5 (final text leaf of first part) duplicated, the duplicate leaf replacing blank 4K6, second blank (chi1) also lacking, effaced ownership inscription to A2 recto, later ownership inscriptions to p. 1, 18th-century half sheep, slightly rubbed and worn, folio (26.8 x 17.5cm), together with: Hall (Joseph), [A Recollection of such Treatises as have bene heretofore severally published, and are nowe revised, corrected, and augmented, with addition of some others not hitherto extant, printed by Felix Kingston, Edward Griffin and William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1621], engraved title lacking, numerous section titles, 4 with architectonic woodcut borders, first leaf (dedication, A1) frayed, final leaf frayed and loose with partial loss of text, occasional soiling and marginal worming, contemporary panelled sheep, worn, folio (31 x 20.5cm), Burnet (Gilbert), The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, etc., 1st edition, by J. Grover for R. Royston, 1677, half-title (with later inscription ‘[...] given to the Cheval James Hamilton’, 2 engraved portrait plates including frontispiece, fullpage engraved portrait to p. 416, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, spine worn, folio (32 x 20cm), [Bacon, Francis, & others], Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government in Letters of Illustrious Persons and Great Ministers of State, 2nd edition, for G. Bedell and T. Collins, 1663, imprimatur leaf, title page in red and black, small ink-spot to title, index spotted, 18thcentury reversed calf, spine-ends chipped, folio (30 x 18cm), Stillingfleet (Edward), Origines Britannicae, or, the Antiquities of the British Churches, 1st edition, by M. Flesher for Henry Mortlock, 1685, contemporary panelled calf, worn, folio (32 x 19cm), Rapin de Thoyras (Paul), The History of England, translated into English with Additional Notes by N. Tindal, 2 volumes [of 4], 2nd edition, for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1732-3, 4 engraved folding maps, 9 genealogical tables, numerous engraved headpieces, closed tear in table facing volume 1 p. 46, lacking frontispieces and possibly other plates, worm-track to first few quires of volume 2, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, some minor wear, folio (39.6 x 24.2cm), and 1 other
£100-150
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STC 7144 (Downame), 12708 (Hall); Wing B5832 (Burnet), C185 (Cabala), S5615 (Stillingfleet). Downame’s work is scarce, with two other copies traced in auction records, both of this second issue (the first issue appeared in 1622). (8) £500-800
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Lot 321 319 [Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel]. Lettre à la chambre du commerce de Normandie, sur le mémoire qu’elle a publié relativement au traité de commerce avec l’Angleterre, 1st edition, Rouen & Paris: Moutard, 1788, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, modern calf, leather-entry slipcase, 8vo (21 x 13.2cm), together with ibid., Discours prononcé à l’Assemblée nationale sur l’état et les ressources des finances, imprimé par ordre de l’Assemblée, Versailles: Baudouin, 1789, 4 folding tables, uncut in original wrappers, 8vo, Butte (Wilhelm), Grundlinien der Arithmetik des menchlichen Lebens, nebst Winken für deren Anwendung auf Geographie, Staats- und Natur- Wissenschaft, 1st edition, Landshut: Philipp Krüll, 1811, 9 folding tables, moderate spotting, original boards, rubbed, light wear, 8vo, and 14 others (including 3 odd volumes or incomplete sets), mainly 18th- and 19th-century political economy and related, continental imprints, various formats Kress B1404, B1582, S5990. (22)
321 Fore-edge paintings. Poems: by William Cowper with a biographical and critical Introduction by the Rev. Thomas Dale, 2 volumes, published Tilt and Bogue, 1841, printed titles and numerous wood engraved illustrations to text throughout, slight spotting to first few leaves, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco with gilt decorated spines and sidings, slight mottling to upper board of volume 2, near contemporary fore-edge paintings of Cowper against a background of a Buckinghamshire village to volume 1 and ‘A Winter walk at Noon’ of a couple working beside a millstream with the mill in the background to volume 2, slight wear to extremities, 8vo (2)
322 Forsyth (William). History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena..., 3 volumes, 1853, 3 monochrome frontispieces, monochrome folding map to rear of volume 1, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, minor marginal toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Nutt & Son, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and A General Officer (Anon), An Analysis of the Talents and Character of Napoleon Bonaparte, printed by William Sams, 1821, monochrome portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, modern gilt decorated calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, boards lightly marked, 8vo, and Defauconpret (A.J.B.), Anecdotes of the Court and Family of Napoleon Bonaparte, 2nd edition, printed for Henry Colburn, 1818, period and later inscriptions to front endpaper, some light spotting, modern endpapers, modern half calf, 8vo, plus 15 further volumes of 19th century Napoleon reference, all leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£250-350
320 Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, 4 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood, 18711872, first volume with errata slip present, bound without half-titles, occasional light spotting mostly at front and rear, front free blank endpapers with signature S.M. Socendy(?), hinges split, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt (with ink stamp to endpapers ‘Mudies Select Library”), extremities rubbed, 8vo Sadleir 815; Wolff 2059a. (4)
£200-300
£200-300
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323 Froissart (Jean). Histoire et chronique memorable de messire Jehan Froissart, reveu et corrigé ... par Denis Sauvage de Fontenailles, 4 volumes in 1, Paris: Gervais Mallot, 1574, woodcut title devices, headpieces and initials, damp-staining to first gathering, repairs to title page verso and to margin of volume 1 leaf a3 obscuring one letter in headline, contemporary ownership inscription ‘Henry Cobham, 1581’ to title page (see note), contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt arabesque lozenges to sides, sides pitted and restored, folio (34 x 21cm), together with Ambrose (Saint), [Omnia quotquot extant opera], volumes 1-3 (of 5) in 1, Basel: Froben, 1538,woodcut title- and colophon devices, historiated initials, incomplete (lacking volume 1 quire AA: replaced in a combination of printed and old manuscript facsimile), marginal damp-staining, mild browning, old blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked and extensively restored on front board, worn, folio (33.5 x 21.5cm), Videl (Louis), Histoire de la vie du Connestable de Lesdiguieres, 1st edition, Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1637, incomplete (lacking engraved portrait), marginal damp-staining to initial leaves, bookplate of novelist John Fowles (1926-2005) to front pastedown and of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1662-1711) to title page verso, old calf, worn, folio (35.5 x 24cm)
324 Gallonio (Antonio). De sanctorum martyrum cruciatibus ... nunc primum in Germaniae auctoris concessione editus, Cologne: Gymnich, 1602, engraved title page, 25 engraved plates depicting martyrdom scenes (several plate numbers shaved), contemporary ownership inscription to title page, Swiss Jesuit library stamps to front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over reverse-bevelled wooden boards, soiled, brass clasps, thongs perished, 8vo (14.7 x 9.3cm), together with Alcuin of York, In D. Ioannis Evangelion commentariorum libri septem, 1st edition, Strasbourg: Hervag, 1527, woodcut title border and initials, colophon leaf, cancelled Jesuit library stamps and early ownership inscriptions to title page, front endpapers and blanks, contemporary calf, rolled blind panels to sides, worn, worm-track in front board, 8vo (16 x 10.3cm) Adams A635 for Alcuin; cf. G162 for the 1594 Rome edition of Gallonio. (2) £300-500
Adams F1067-8 for two other issues of this edition of Froissart; B937 for Ambrose (this edition was edited by Erasmus). Provenance (Froissart): likely ownership inscription of Sir Henry Cobham (1537-1592), English ambassador to France from 1579 to 1583. (3) £250-350
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325 Gay (John). The Beggar’s Opera..., to which is added, The Musick Engrav’d on Copper-Plates, 1st edition, 2nd issue, John Watts, 1728, 59, [1] pp., three staves of music on p. 53, 16 pages of engraved music at rear (closely trimmed affecting pages numbers 1 & 15 and shaving musical notes at foot of pp. 11 & 13), some browning and spotting, heaviest at front, a little blank paper loss to outer corners of title-page and following Introduction leaf, modern calf-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo ESTC T13770; Rothschild 928. (1)
£300-500
326 Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, A new edition, 12 volumes, published T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, printed titles, folding engraved map by Thomas Kitchin to volume 1, occasional spotting and staining, bookplate of Francis Hale Rigby to front pastedown and additional bookplate of Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer to front endpaper, uniform contemporary speckled calf with gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco title and volume number labels, volumes 1, 2 & 3 with joints repaired and re-backed but retaining original spines, bumped with slight wear to extremities, 8vo Francis Hale Rigby (1758 - 1827) was an MP of Mistley estate in Essex (demolished in 1844). Henry Ernest G. Bulwer was a diplomat and colonial governor and high commissioner of Cyprus from 1886 to 1892. (12) £200-300
327 Giovio (Paolo). La Prima Parte dell’Historie del suo Tempo, translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1558, title within historiated border and medallion portrait to verso, woodcut initials, printer’s woodcut device to final leaf verso, some spotting, occasional browning and marginal dampstaining, closed tear repair to lower margin of 3d3 not affecting text, narrow upper and fore margins, small ink library stamp to title margin and 19th-century inscriptions at foot and to front endpaper, two book tickets to front pastedown, 19th-century half vellum over marbled boards with leather label to spine, rubbed, 4to (215 x 145mm) Part I only of a work originally published in 2 volumes in 1551-53. Provenance: From the Library of Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (1) £100-150
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328 Goldsmith (Oliver). The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II, 4 volumes, 1771, ownership inscription on each title-page of Captain Mackintosh, 71st Regiment, two volumes with his inscription partly erased from front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, some joints cracked, spines of volumes 2 & 4 worn, 8vo, together with Langhorne (John & William), Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the original Greek; with notes, historical and critical; and a life of Plutarch, 6 volumes, new edition, 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (offset to title), armorial bookplate of B. Jackson to upper pastedowns, contemporary gilt and blind decorated calf, occasional light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, with Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis), The Index Expurgatorius of Martial, literally translated; comprising all the epigrams hitherto omitted by English translatiors. To which is added an original metrical version and copious explanatory notes, Printed for Private Circulation, London, 1868, two tone engraved frontispiece, interleaved throughout with lined paper, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, 20th century dark green half morocco gilt, 8vo (limited edition 51/150), and Dilworth (W.H.), The Lifes of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s Dublin, 1760, three page publisher’s advertisement at rear, slightly torn to inner blank margins of first & last leaves, contemporary floral printed boards with modern calf spine, board edges worn, slim 12mo, plus other 18th & 19th century antiquarian (27)
£300-400
329 Heath (William). The Wars of Wellington, a narrative poem, in fifteen cantos, printed by W.T. Gilling, 1821, 6 hand coloured engravings, some minor toning, later gilt decorated full red morocco bound by Zaehnsdorf, boards lightly rubbed, 4to, together with The Life of Napoleon, a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos, printed for T. Tegg, 1817, 30 hand coloured engravings by George Cruikshank, bookplate to front endpaper, some light spotting and offsetting, split guttering, contemporary gilt decorated green half calf, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the Metropolis, a poem, 3rd edition, published by J. Johnston, 1820, 18 hand coloured plates, bookplate to front pastedown, slight spotting throughout, rebound retaining contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with 6 further volumes of mixed editions Dr. Syntax literature, all leather bindings, 8vo/4to (9)
£100-200
331 [Jacob, Giles]. The Rape of the Smock. An Heroi-Comical Poem, 1st edition, R. Burleigh, 1717, engraved frontispiece, ornamental head-pieces, tail-pieces and initials, advertisements for E. Curll on final page, a little spotting or light browning, neat paper repairs to blank outer corners of final two leaves, modern green quarter morocco gilt, boards partly faded, slim 8vo
330 Howitt (Mary). Biographical Sketches of the Queens of Great Britain. From the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria. Or, Royal Book of Beauty, 1851, half-title, 28 engraved portrait plates (including frontispiece), occasional spotting, few marginal dampstains, all edges gilt, original red morocco with elaborate gilt blocked decoration to covers, joints rubbed, large 8vo, together with [Thomson, Thomas, editor], A Collection of Inventories and other Records of the Royal Wardrobe and Jewelhouse; and of the Artillery and Munitioun in some of the Royal Castles 1488-1606, Edinburgh, 1815, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, Mount Stuart bookplate, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, 4to, with Doddridge (Philip), Some remarkable passages in the life of the Honourable Col. James Gardiner, who was slain at the Battle of Preston-Pans, September 21, 1745, London: James Buckland, 1747, engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, plus four others including Genuine Memoirs of John Murray, Esq; Late Secretary to the Young Pretender, 1747, repaired closed tear to title, 20th century half morocco, slim 8vo and Lives of the Lindsays, by Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, Earl of Lindsay, 3 volumes, 1849, contemporary calf, joints split and some wear, 8vo (7)
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Fulton J23. (1)
£200-300
332 Johnson (Samuel). The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; With Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, 1st separate edition, printed for C. Bathurst et al, 1781, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds (first state without imprint, spotted), volume 4 with advertisement leaf present, volume 3 without terminal blank, occasional spotting and toning to text, oval ownership label of Thomas Lee to upper pastedowns, hinges repaired, edges untrimmed, contemporary marbled boards with recent calf rebacks, board edges worn, 8vo Rothschild 1265. Tinker 1365. (4)
£200-300
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333 Johnson (Samuel). Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., to which are added some poems never before printed. Published from the Original MSS. in her possession by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1788, ownership signature to upper margin of volume 1 title, scattered spotting, volume 2 without errata slip, contemporary calf, joints cracked, worn, 8vo, together with The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, new edition, corrected, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, occasional spotting and toning, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, with Hawkins (John), The Life of Samuel Johnson, Dublin, 1787, occasional light dust-soiling, modern calf backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus other Johnson related including A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Missionary, 1789, The Rambler, 3 volumes, 18th edition, 1825, and Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being, Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson, 1836, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell, 6th edition, revised & corrected, 1813 (16)
£300-400
334 Johnson (Samuel). Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. and published from his manuscripts, by George Strahan, A.M. Vicar of Islington, Middlesex; and Rector of Little Thurrock, in Essex, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell, 1785, occasional light toning, 20th century mottled calf by Riviere & Son, gilt decorated spine with morocco title labels, 8vo, together with The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. with Occasional Remarks..., and a Catalogue of his Works, 1st edition, G. Kearsley, 1785, lacking portrait frontispiece, title loose, worm trail to fore-margin, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine rubbed, some wear to extremities, 8vo, with Piozzi (Hesther Lynch), Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last Twenty Years of his life, 1st edition, 1st issue, T Cadell, 1786, without half-title and errata, but with postscript at end, Lower inner blank corner of title lacking, few manuscript annotations and library stamps, occasional light soiling, modern sheep with red title label, 8vo, and British Synonymy; or, an attempt at regulating the choice of words in familiar conversation..., 2 volumes, 1794, modern quarter calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, 8vo, and Johnson (Samuel), The Beauties of Johnson: consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, 4th edition, enlarged and corrected, 1782, etched portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, modern calf retaining earlier title label, 8vo, plus other Johnson related, including The Adventurer, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, 1754 (10)
336 Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To which are Prefixed, A History of the Language and an English Grammar, 2 volumes, the fifth edition, London: W. Strahan, J.F. & C. Rivington and others, 1784, titles printed in red and black (cloth tape strengthening to inner margin of volume 1 title), occasional minor spotting, modern full sheep, contrasting morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed and scuffed, folio
£200-300
335 [Johnson, Samuel]. Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Davies, [1773]-1774, closed tear to Z8 in volume 2, occasional light dust-soiling, modern quarter calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, 8vo, together with Piozzi (Hesther Lynch), Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life, 1st edition, T. Cadell, 1786, half-title, 20th century half calf, preserving earlier morocco title label, 8vo, with Thoughts on the Late Transactions respecting Falkland’s Islands, 2nd edition, 1771, title torn & repaired, some toning and spotting, modern brown buckram, slim 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century Johnson related (15)
Courtney p.57. Fifth edition of the first standard English dictionary, of which 1,000 copies were printed. (2) £400-600
£200-300
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337 Jones (Owen). The Psalms of David Illuminated, [1861], chromolithograph ornamental and printed titles, double-page dedication and fifty thick card chromolithograph leaves illuminated in gold and colours (complete), occasional spotting, damp soiling mostly affecting upper outer corners particularly towards rear of volume (with some fraying and loss to blank margins), endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original relievo leather, upper cover embossed with the words “The Victoria Psalter”, slight wear to extremities, folio (1)
£200-300
339 Laennec (René-Théophile-Hyacinthe). A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, in which they are described according to their Anatomical Characters, and their Diagnosis established on a New Principle by means of Acoustick Instruments, translated from the French with a New Preface and Notes by John Forbes, 1st edition in English, T. and G. Underwood, 1821, errata leaf, 8 engraved plates, moderate spotting and browning, marginal dampstaining and very small worm-track to lower inner corner of plates, short closed tear to margin of plate I, contemporary engraved bookplate of Richard Long MD, related gift inscription (‘Richard Long MC to L. A. Long’ to title page, contemporary half calf, mark to spine, short split to head of front joint, some wear to sides, 8vo in 4s (21.3 x 12.8cm)
338 Kelly (Christopher). A Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo..., 1817, numerous monochrome folding maps and engravings, some spotting, and light water damage, contemporary gilt decorated full tree calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Tregortha (John, publisher), Britain Triumphant on the Plains of Waterloo..., Burslem, 1816, hand coloured folding map frontispiece and 6 monochrome plates including map, modern endpapers, spotting throughout, modern brown half calf, 8vo, and Tucker (John Montmorency), The Life of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington..., circa 1850, 2 folding maps plus monochrome illustrations, modern endpapers, minor toning, all edges gilt, modern gilt decorated half calf, 8vo, plus 25 further volumes of 19th century Wellington and Waterloo history and reference, mostly leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4to (28)
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Norman 1256; Garrison & Morton 2673 for the French first edition of 1819 (and referring to Forbes’s translation). ‘The publication of this book revolutionized the study of disease of the thoracic organs’ (Garrison & Morton). Forbes ‘did as much as anyone to popularise the use of the stethoscope and to introduce Laeenec’s teaching to English readers’ (Norman). His translation was printed in Penzance in a run of 500 copies only. (1) £700-1000
£150-200
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340 [Le Marchant, John Gaspard]. Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry, 1805, 29 folding engraved plates, a little light soiling, untrimmed in original marbled boards, paper label to spine (some wear to spine), 8vo
342 Pecquet (Jean). Experimenta nova anatomica, 3rd edition, Paris: Cramoisy, 1654, 6 engravings in the text (1 full-page), intermittent light damp-staining, contemporary speckled English calf, rebacked to style and relined, superficial stripping to front board, 4to (18.6 x 13.6cm), together with Bartlet (John), Pharmacopoeia Hippiatrica: or, the Gentleman Farrier’s Repository, of Elegant and Approved Remedies for the Diseases of Horses, 1st edition, Eton: by J. Pote for T. Pote, 1764, errata leaf, library stamp to title page verso, occasional light soiling, worming in top margin of quires O-S, contemporary ownerhsip inscriptions to initial blank, modern quarter calf, 8vo (17.4 x 10.5cm), Berkeley (George), Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, 2nd edition, improved and corrected, London: for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744, uncut in original wrappers, wear to spine-ends, 8vo, and 1 other (an ex-library copy of Richard Owen’s History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds, 1st edition, 1846, contemporary calf, 8vo)
Provenance: Captain John Betton, 3rd (Prince of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards, his inscription to title. Served during the Napoleonic Wars before succumbing to malaria at Merida, Spain in 1809 aged 30. (1) £100-150
341 Machiavelli (Niccolo). A Translation of Part of the First Book of Machiavell’s Art of War: Treating of the best Method of defending a Country against Invasions and Popular Tumults. With an Introduction and Preface, in Answer to Modern Objections, 1st edition, for M. Cooper, 1744, xxiv, 40 pp., half-title, light browning, leaf A4 spotted, modern quarter calf, 8vo, together with: Hervey (John, 1st Baron; subject), Sapho to Phaon: An Epistle from a Lady of Quality to a Noble Lord, occasion’d by the Late Publication of his Miscellaneous Thoughts, 1st edition, for Jacob Robinson, 1743, [4] 63 [1] pp., half-title, light spotting, quarter calf, 8vo, Marlborough (Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of; subject), Remarks upon the Account of the Conduct of a Certain Dutchess. In a Letter from a Member of the Last Parliament in the Reign of Queen Anne. To a Young Nobleman, 1st edition, for T. Cooper, 1742, 48 pp., marginal damp-staining, modern quarter calf, 8vo, [Winnington, Thomas; contested attribution], An Apology for the Conduct of a late celebrated second-rate Minister, from the Year 1729, at which Time he commenc’d Courtier, till within a few Weeks of his Death, in 1746 ... Written by himself and found among his Papers, ?1st edition, for W. Webb, [?1747], 6, 9-50 pp., title page spotted and browned, modern quarter calf, 8vo
Garrison & Morton 1095 for the first edition of Pecquet’s work (printed in 1651). ESTC traces nine copies in UK libraries for Bartlet’s work. (2) £200-300
ESTC traces four copies only for Machiavelli, eight copies for the Remarks (of which five at Oxford), and seven copies in the UK for Sapho to Phaon, an anonymous harangue addressed to John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, concerning his Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Present Posture both of our Foreign and Domestic Affairs (1742). Henry Fielding published an anonymous vindication of the Duchess of Marlborough in the same year as the Remarks (1742). (4) £300-500
343 [Perfumes Industry]. The Factories of Schimmel & Co., Leipzig-Prag and Fritzsche Brothers, New-York-Garfield, text by Professor Doctor F.A. Fluckiger-Bern, Leipzig & New York, 1893, lithographed title in red and green, 15 pages text (with one illustration) and 31 (of 32) photogravure plates on india, lacks plate no. II, the numbered plates showing the factories and buildings, production machinery and equipment, etc., printed captions in German, thick card mounts (somewhat browned and dampstained), tissue-guards present but heavily browned and some torn with loss, all edges gilt, original half-morocco gilt (dated 1894), rubbed and soiled, oblong folio A rare work on the essences and essential oils industry. WorldCat locates nine copies, two in Switzerland and seven in North America. (1) £300-500
344 Praetorius (Johann). Ludicrum Chiromanticum Praetorii seu Thesaurus Chriromantiae, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Leipzig & Jena, 1661, engraved emblematic title by J.B. Paravitinus (closetrimmed at foot), folding woodcut plate of magical alphabets, woodcut illustrations, a few small marginal wormtracks, some spotting and browning throughout, small inksplash to printed title, contemporary calf, joints cracking, two losses to spine compartments, rubbed, small 4to Caillet 8950; Fitzherbert 487; Sabattini 443. (1)
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346 Richardson (John). Theoretic Hints of an Improved Practice of Brewing Malt-Liquors; including some Strictures on the Nature and Properties of water, Malt, and Hops, The Doctrine of Fermentation, The Agency of Air, The Effects of Heat and Cold On fermented Liquors, &c. &c., 1777, [2],74pp., without half-title, title browned to margins, bound with Statical Estimates of the Materials of Brewing; or a Treatise on the Application and use of the Saccharometer; An Instrument constructed for the purposes of regulating to advantage the Oeconomy of the Brewhouse; and of establishing the Means of producing Uniform Strength in MaltLiquors..., 1784, xx,[4],243,[9]pp., folding engraved plate, final leaf of text signed by the author, final index leaf with small hole, bound with [Baverstock, James], Hydrometrical observations and experiments in the brewery, 1785, [2],xvi,104pp., without half-title, advertisement leaves and errata at rear also lacking, bound with Richardson (John), Remarks on a Pamphlet entitled Hydrometrical Observations and Experiments in the Brewery; in a letter to Mr. More, Secretary to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. To which is subjoined an advertisement, pointing out the easiest methods of applying the Saccharometer, in order to produce uniform strength in malt-Liquors; addressed to those Brewers who may be averse to calculations, 1785, [2],95,[1]pp., without half-title, ink monogram J.B. and crest stamp to title of each work, occasional toning and spotting, free endpaper with signature J. Baker 1785, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, joints split and some wear to extremities, 8vo
345 Ricardus de Media Villa (i.e. Richard of Middleton). In quartum sententiarum theologicarum Petri Lombardi, [Lyon: Simon Vincent], 1512, [34] + 290 leaves, text in black letter, rubricated, title page printed in red and black with pictorial woodcut border, woodcut initials throughout, title page slightly soiled, ownership inscription dated 1669 and marginal ink-stamp recto, effaced inscription dated 1575 verso, occasional small chip in lower edges never approaching text, short tear in final leaf affecting a few words, contemporary calf over wooden boards, covers blind-tooled with outer frame of Latin text enclosing diamond lattice with interstitial foliate lozenges, worn, spine defective, clasps gone, old library label pasted to front board, 4to (21.8 x 14.8cm) Adams M1423, Shaaber R43. (1)
£500-800
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347 Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis, A Poem [by William Combe], 1st edition, J. Johnston, 1820, twenty hand-coloured aquatint plates, including title (complete), some light browning to title and with early inscription at head, a few minor marks (contents generally clean) and some offsetting to text, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, early 20th century morocco, gilt decorated spine, upper joint cracked and weak, extremities rubbed, 8vo Tooley 434. (1)
£150-200
348 [Sade, Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de]. La Nouvelle Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu..., volumes 1, 3, 8, and 9 (of 10), En Hollande[but Paris], 1797[but circa 1835 or possibly later (volume 8 imprinted 1835)], 39 etched plates, including frontispiece to first and third volumes, one plate in third volume with slight paper adhesion from facing leaf of letterpress, halftitles present, oval ink stamp on title-pages with ownership name Carolus Fridericus Fibrati Filius, some scattered spotting, a few blank corner tips missing, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, late 19th/early 20th century Jansenist-style citron crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt lettered in second and third compartments, a trifle rubbed and mottled in places, gilt double fillet on edges, gilt decorated dentelles, 12mo in 6s
349 Shakespeare (William). The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Birmingham: The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, 1895, decorative borders and initial letters, some hand-coloured, occasional faint spotting and offsetting, hinges splitting, bookplate of Barbara Brough on front pastedown, all edges gilt, brown morocco gilt tooled with Art Nouveau design, rubbed and some wear to extremities (slight loss at spine and corners showing), returns damp-stained, faded spine gilt decorated with ogee tool, roundels, and dots, motifs repeated on covers, incorporating fillets, and with green onlays to ogees, gilt fillet on edges, turn-ins with onlaid ogees repeated at corners between fillets, small 4to
This notorious erotic work was first written in the form of a novella in 1787 whilst de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille. An extended and more graphic version was the first of his books to be published, in 1791. A subsequent edition, from which this later printing is taken, was published six years later, with further elaboration to the text, as well as the embellishment of plates for the first time. Its publication led to de Sade’s arrest and incarceration for the last 13 years of his life, without trial, and the book’s destruction was ordered. (4) £700-1000
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350 Shakespeare (William). The Works of William Shakspeare, with Life and Glossary, Carefully Edited from the Best Texts, 12 volumes, the “Bedford” Edition, Warne, 1888, titles printed in red & black, half-titles lightly toned, each page with red border, final third of volume 1 with small stain to tail edges, with associated intermittent adhesion or loss, volume 1 also with small adhesive tape remnant to front pastedown and both hinges split, top edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, contained together in mahogany cabinet with glazed door (lacking pediment) (12)
£100-150
351 Silver binding. Breviarium Ambrosianum Sancti Caroli Cardinalis Archiepisc. jussu editum et novissime Joseph Card. Puteobonelli Archiepiscopi auctoritate recognitum. Pars Hyemalis I, Milan: Giovanni Battista Sirtori, 1760, collates +-++8 +++10 a-b8 c6 A-I8 K12 L-2H8 I6 i4, printed in red and black, engraved title device, 5 engraved plates by Giacomo Mercoro and others, light marginal damp-staining to outer leaves, title page and last 2 text leaves slightly marked, a few trivial marks elsewhere, brown silk endpapers, all edges gilt, 19thcentury silver binding, post-1815 Papal States hallmarks (edged shield containing crossed keys beneath an umbraculum), engraved overall with arabesque decoration, applied lozenges to each board, rear lozenge with engraved monogram ‘B. E. B’, twin clasps, housed in a later green crushed morocco solander box with button catch and cream velvet lining, box rubbed in places, 8vo (17.8 x 12.4cm) Provenance: Maurice Burrus, Alsatian tobacco magnate and politician (1882-1959; bookplate dated 1937 to initial blank). (1)
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352 Smith (Joseph). The Book of Doctrine & Covenants, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Selected from the Revelations of God, Second European edition, Liverpool: Orson Pratt, 1849, erratum leaf, contemporary ink ownership inscription of William Huskins to front pastedown, a few minor spots, inner hinges cracked, original blind-stamped brown cloth, somewhat rubbed and a few minor stains, small chip at head of lower board, 12mo After an unsuccessful attempt to publish in 1833, the first edition appeared in 1835, and later editions incorporated additional revelations and reference aids. In February 1841 in Liverpool, some 4,000 copies of the 1837 Kirtland edition were printed and it was from the plates of the ‘European’ edition that subsequent Latter-Day Saint editions would descend. Following the Liverpool printing of 3,000 copies of the first European edition in 1845 by Wilford Woodruff, this 1849 ‘Second European Edition’ published by Apostle Orson Pratt and printed by R. James moved the index to the front of the volume, (in the present volume the index is headed ‘Index’ and not ‘Contents’ as noted by the Maxwell Institute and includes the chronology of revelations), along with other format changes which were retained for many later editions. Five thousand copies were printed, and George Q. Cannon used it for his translation for the Hawaii edition. The Nauvoo edition had been printed in 1844. The present copy was probably published around November 1849. Citing from the Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star Vol. II, No. 10, 15th May 1849: ‘The Book of Doctrine and Covenants are all gone, but soon will be reprinted’. From the same journal and volume, No. 22, 15th November 1849: ‘“The Doctrine and Covenants” are now ready. An additional index has been formed in the order of the date in which the several revelations were given’. The second European edition of The Book of Mormon was published in Liverpool in May 1849, also by Orson Pratt. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands alongside the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and The Pearl of Great Price as scripture. Together the LDS Church’s scriptures are referred to as the ‘standard works’. The LDS Church’s version of the Doctrine and Covenants is described by the church as ‘containing revelations given to Joseph Smith, the Prophet, with some additions by his successors in the Presidency of the Church’. (1) £2000-3000
353 Strutt (Joseph). A Supplement to the Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities, Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c. of the English, London: Printed for the Author, 1792, 12 sepia etched plates, original brown paper wrappers, frayed and torn, slim 4to, together with Gray (Thomas), Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray, London: J. Dodsley, 1775, half-title with ownership signature to verso, engraved vignette to title, five engraved plates only (of 6) and few engraved illustrations, sewing broken and contents loose, dust-soiling, few marks and some fraying to margins, untrimmed, cloth strip crudely adhered to spine of text block with cloth partially adhered to gutter margin of half-title and final leaf, original boards crudely held to text block with frayed thread, lacking spine, worn, slim folio (2)
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£150-200
354 S[wif]t, [Jonathan]. Cadenus and Vanessa, A Poem, to which is added, A True and Faithful Inventory of the Goods belonging to Dr. S-t, Vicar of Lara Cor, upon Mending his House to the Bishop of —, till his own was built, the Fourth Edition, London: for N. Blandford by N. Peele, 1726, 32 pp., title page skilfully repaired, modern quarter morocco, 8vo,, together with: Pope (Alexander), Ode for Music on St. Cecilia’s Day, the Third Edition, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1719, engraved frontispiece, 12 pp. advertisement leaf, modern quarter calf, 8vo, [Lyttelton, George], The Court-Secret: a Melancholy Truth, now first translated from the Original Arabic, 1st edition, for T. Cooper, 1741, [2], 50 pp., evidence of stab-stitching in gutter, spotting, modern quarter calf, 8vo, [Fielding, Henry], The Historical Register, for the Year 1736. As it is acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. To which is added a very Merry Tragedy, called Eurydice Hiss’d, or, A Word to the Wise, both written by the Author of Pasquin, 1st or 2nd edition (see note), London: J. Roberts, [1737], [16], 48 pp., woodcut headand tailpieces and initials, some spotting, a few headlines closely trimmed, modern quarter calf, 8vo, Colman (George, the Elder), Some Particulars of the Life of the late George Colman, written by himself, and delivered by him to Richard Jackson (One of his Executors,) for Publication after his Decease, 1st edition, for T. Cadell, Jun., and W. Davies, 1795, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted), lacking halftitle, modern quarter calf, 8vo Swift: Foxon S822; Teerink 658; Rothschild 2101. Pope: Foxon P905 (‘the second edition is probably represented by Pope’s Works, 1717’). Fielding: Cross III p. 301. ESTC traces five UK copies for Pope. Cross believed this edition of Fielding’s work to be preceded by an Edinburgh edition of the same year, which is now almost unprocurable and appears to be a piracy, but the priority is not in fact clear. (5) £300-500
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Lot 355 355 Swift (Jonathan). The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. In nineteen [or rather 20] volumes, Dublin: Printed by George Faulkner, 1768, engraved portrait to volume 1, nine additional mounted engraved plates (contained in volumes 17 & 20), armorial bookplate of John Robinson Bt., contemporary calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, 8vo (20)
£300-500
356 [Swift, Jonathan]. On Poetry: a Rapsody, printed in Dublin and re-printed in London, Hugginson, 1733, 28pp., toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett, 20th century, gilt panelled specked calf by Dulau & Co., morocco title label to spine, slim folio, contained in purpose-made calf-backed book box, (Foxon S888; Rothschild 2147; Teerink 741), together with Cibber (Colley), An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian, and late Patentee of the Theatre Royal. With an Historical view of the Stage during his own time, 1st edition, 1740, engraved title (offset to title), contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked and extremities worn, 4to, with Macpherson (James), Fingal, An Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books: Together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1st edition, 1762, title in red & black and with engraved vignette and signature W. Wrightson to upper blank margin, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of William Wrightson of Cusworth, Yorkshire to upper pastedown, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco title label, joints slightly cracked, 4to (3)
£200-300
357 Tacitus (Cornelius). Opera quae exstant. Iustus Lipsius postremum recensuit, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1607, engraved printer’s device to title, woodcut device to colophon leaf, title page slightly marked, intermittent damp-staining in fore edges, all edges gilt, 19thcentury diced russia lettered and decorated in gilt and blind, covers detached, rubbed, scuffed, and damp-stained, folio (36.7 x 24cm), together with Aeschylus. Tragoediae ... cum versione Latina et commentario Thomae Stanleii ... curante Joanne Cornelio de Pauw, 2 volumes, The Hague: Petrus Gosse, 1745, title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved arms to dedication, some spotting and browning, engraved Panshanger bookplates of the earls Cowper, edges dyed yellow, contemporary mottled calf, decorative gilt spines, volume 2 spine label chipped, joints cracked, extremities rubbed and worn, 4to (28.5 x 22.5cm)
Lot 357 358 [Tobacco Taxation]. An Appeal to the Public, in Relation to the Tobacco ***: and a Revival of the old Project, to Establish a General Excise, 1st edition, W. Owen, 1751, 63 pp., some spotting, lacks final blank, evidence of old stab-stitching, modern plain quarter calf, slim 8vo ESTC N30285; Goldsmiths’ 8626. (1)
Cf. Ruelens-de Backer p. 277 for an earlier Plantin edition of Tacitus. (3) £150-200
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359 United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, a broken run of 20 volumes, 1830-48, some spotting, mixed bindings, including some in contemporary gilt decorated calf, some ex library copies with associated marks, 8vo, together with A List of all the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full and HalfPay..., a broken run of 8 volumes, 1812-14, 1819-20, 1825, 42, 54, mixed leather bindings, 8vo, and 5 further related volumes (33)
£150-200
361 [Vernon, Edward]. Original Letters to an Honest Sailor, 1st edition, printed for R. Thomas, [1746], lacks initial blank, some marginal pencil notes to final page, bound with Some Seasonable Advice from an Honest Sailor, To Whom it Might Have Concerned, for the Service of the C-N and C-Y, printed for R. Thomas, [1746], 109 pp., lacks final blank, some spotting, bound with Original Letters and Papers Between Adm[ira]l M[athe]ws, and V. Adm[ira]l L[istoc]k, with Several Letters from Private Hands, Exhibiting many Particulars hitherto unknown of the Transactions in the Mediterranean..., M. Cooper, 1744, spotting throughout, modern half calf gilt, 8vo
360 [Uxorius, pseudonym]. Hymen: An Accurate Description of the Ceremonies used in Marriage, By every Nation in the Known World. Shewing, the Oddity of some, the Absurdity of others, the Drollery of many, and the Real or Intended Piety of all. Dedicated to the Ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland..., 1st edition, London: I. Pottinger, 1760, typographical head and tail-pieces, cropped ownership inscription dated 1795 to title-page, occasional spotting and few marks, all edges gilt, late 19th century gilt panelled calf, rebacked preserving morocco title & date label, large 12mo
First two items: Sabin 57614 & 99248. (1)
£200-300
362 Verstegan (Richard). A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In Antiquities. Concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation, John Bill, 1628, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, illustrations, occasional marginalia in red ink, a few annotations, occasional marginal water stains and soiling, later calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, small 4to (STC 21362), together with Sylva Sylvarum: Or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, by Francis Bacon, 5th edition, 1639, engraved portrait frontispiece (detached and repaired), additional engraved title, woodcut headpieces and initials, first leaf of Table (a1) with lower corner torn away (with small loss of text), marginal wormtrack to first few leaves, some water stains towards end, a little light soiling, later half vellum, modern calf reback, folio
A curious volume which rarely comes onto the market. The unknown author details the marriage customs and rites of Jews, Indians, Peruvians, Bramins, Caribbees, Mexicans, the savages of Darien and New Grenada, the inhabitants of Hudson’s-bay, Missisippi and Canada, and of Mahometans and Hottentots, amongst others, including the English. The various countries and cultures are dealt with fairly haphazardly in terms of chapter order, and the author, no doubt with a view to the book selling well, majors on the more sensational themes of his subject, such as incest, premarital relations, adultery and its various punishments, and polygamy. One of the curious ceremonies described is that of the Hottentot marriage: “the priest... enters the circle of men, and coming up to the bridegroom, pisses upon him a little. The bridegroom receives the stream with transport, rubbing it briskly all over his body, and making with his long nails, for the Hottentots never cut their’s) [sic] several deep scratches in his skin, that the urine may penetrate and soak the farther.” (1) £300-400
First work contains the first account in English of the Pied Piper story, first published in the first edition of 1605. (2) £150-200
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363 Watson (J., publisher). Great-Britain’s Memorial. Containing a Collection of the INstructions, Representations, etc. etc. Of the Freeholders and other Electors of Great-Britain, to their Representatives in Parliament, for these Two Years past, [bound with:] The Second Part of Great Britain’s Memorial, 2 volumes in 1, 1st and 2nd editions, J. Watson, 1741-2, final advertisement leaf to each volume, mild spotting and browning, modern half calf, 8vo, together with: [Salisbury imprint], A Companion in a Post-Chaise; or, an Amusement for a Leisure Hour at Home: containing a Careful Selection from the most approved and entertaining Pieces, in Verse and Prose, that have appeared for many Years past, 1st edition, Salisbury, Sealy and Hodson, 1773, spotting and browning, marginal stain to first 2 quires, modern half calf, 8vo, [Chelsum, James], A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto, 1st edition, Winchester: J. Robbins, 1786, mild spotting and browning, contemporary manuscript annotation naming the author to title page, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, [Crokatt, Gilbert], The Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence; or, the FOolishness of their Teaching ... the Third Edition, with Additions, London: for M. Smith, 1719, half-title lacking, spotting and browning, ink-stamp of William Shand to title page, bookplate of John Sparrow to front pastedown, modern half calf, 8vo, Weber (Friedrich), Historiae Muscorum hepaticorum Prodorum, 1st edition, Kiel: Aug. Hesse, 1815, pp. 87/8 duplicated (possibly a cancel), both leaves tape-repaired, spotting and browning, marginal damp-staining, modern half calf, 8vo ESTC traces 13 copies of the first part of Great Britain’s Memorial (5 in the UK), and four copies only of the second edition of the second part, which contains texts published to June 1741 (the first edition, of which ESTC traces three copies, ended on 1 May). Six copies only located by ESTC for the Salisbury-printed Companion in a Post-Chaise. (5) £200-300
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364 White (John). The Way to the True Church: wherein the principall Motives perswading to Romanisme, and Questions touching the nature and authoritie of the Church and Scriptures, are familiarly disputed, 1st edition, for John Bill and William Barret, 1608, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, occasional staining, mainly in lower margins and apparently from the binder’s tanning agent, small burn-hole in Y2 affecting a few letters, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, bookplate of the White family of Wallingswells, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rubbed, short split to head of front joint, 4to in 8s (18.6 x 13.4cm) STC 25394. Rare first edition of this polemical response to John Fisher’s Treatise of Faith (1605). The work went to a fifth edition by 1624. (1) £300-500
365 Woolley (Hannah). The Gentlewomans Companion: Or, a Guide to the Female Sex: Containing Directions of Behaviour, in all Place, Companies, Relations, and Conditions from their Childhood down to Old Age, 3rd edition, 1682, title printed in red and black, advertisement at end, lacking portrait frontispiece, leaves Q6-7 & S34 and front and rear blanks, contemporary and near contemporary owner inscriptions to title and pastedowns, including Ann Tyson, Liverpool and Jacob Commerford, contemporary calf, spine rubbed with small splits, corners worn, old stickers to covers, 12mo Wing (2nd edition) W3278. (1)
£100-150
366 Zenger (John Peter ). The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of NewYork, Printer, who was Tried and Acquitted, for Printing and Publishing a Libel Against the Government, with the Pleadings and Arguments of Both Sides, Printed for P. Brown, 1752, [4], 74, [2] pp., scattered minor spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-titled spine, 8vo Enlarged edition of this account first published in New York in 1736 and ‘one of the most famous decisions in legal history, establishing the epochal doctrine of the Freedom of the Press’ (Howel Z6); Sabin 106307. (1) £400-600
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EARLY PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT MUSIC
Lot 367 368 Dance (William). Preludes for the Piano Forte ... composed and respectfully inscribed to Miss Ellin Devis, 1st edition, for the author by L. Lavenu, 1800, title page + 19 pp. music score, engraved throughout, title page initialled by the author, bound with 6 others, all engraved throughout: Clementi (Muzio), Clementi’s Introduction to the Art of playing on the Piano Forte, 1st edition, Clementi [and others], [circa 1801], title page + 63 pp., watermarked 1801, a few spots to title page; Dussek (Johan Ladislaus), Twelve Progressive Lessons for the Piano Forte ... dedicated to Lady Harriot Montagu, Op. 32, 1st edition, for Corri. Dussek, [circa 1796], title page + 43 pp., title page initialled ‘J. C.’; Kozeluch (Leopold), Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord, with Accompaniments for a Violin and Violoncello, composed and dedicated to Lady Katharine Manners, Op. 43, printed by R[ober]t Birchall, circa 1799, title page + 31 pp.; Bossi (Cesare), Little Peggy’s Love, the Favourite Scotch Ballet, performed at the King’s Theatre, composed by Mr Didelot, printed for Longman, Clementi & Co., [circa 1800], title page + ii + 14 pp. + publisher’s advertisement; Cramer (Johann Baptist), Madam Hillisbergs favorite Scotch Reel, as danced by her in the Ballet of Barbara and Allen, arranged as a Rondo for the Piano Forte, printed by L. Lavenu, [circa 1800], title page + 4 pp.; Colizzi (Johannes), Three Duetto’s for two Performers on one Harpsichord or Piano-forte, with Accompaniment for one Violin, composed, and respectfully inscribed to Miss Eleanor and Miss Catherine Eden, Op. XI, printed for R[ober]t Birchall, [circa 1800], title page + 27 pp.; contemporary tree calf, morocco label giltlettered ‘Mrs Leader’ to front board, front joint cracked, rubbed and worn overall, folio (33 x 23.5cm). Together with 2 other sammelbands of engraved music, containing in total approximately 70 pieces including adaptations of Mozart, Haydn, Handel and Corelli, and original pieces by minor British composers, printed by Goulding and others, circa 1800, a few old repairs in one volume, contemporary half leather, some wear, folio
367 Auli (Juan). Libro De Musica', mid-19th century, title page + 46 leaves of manuscript music score, comprising Auli's autograph transcripts of a cantata by Haydn and 2 sonatas by Haydn's pupil Ignace Pleyel (1757-1831) erratically paginated or foliated, 10 staves of approximately 4 bars each to the page, mild spotting and browning, additional bifolium of manuscript music score laid in, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, worn and marked, oblong folio (22.5 x 31 cm) Joan Aulí (1796-1869) was a Spanish organist and composer from Felanitx, Mallorca. Provenance: private collection, Mallorca. (1) £200-300
Three Regency-era sammelbands of engraved music, containing a number of scarce pieces and exercises: three copies of Dance’s Preludes traced in libraries (British Library, Bristol, and Royal College of Music); similar distributions recorded for many of the other works. (3) £300-500
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Lot 369 369 Magdalen Hospital for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes. The Hymns, Anthems and Tunes with the Ode used at the Magdalen Chapel. Set for the Organ, Harpsichord, Voice, German-Flute or Guitar, Book I [all published], printed for Longman and Broderip, [circa 1780], engraved frontispiece titled ‘A Magdalen in her Uniform’ + title page + index leaf + 42 pp. of engraved music and text, contemporary ownership inscriptions of one Mariana Willmott and others (dated 1786 and later) to frontispiece verso, title page and p. 42, contemporary ownership monogram partially obscuring frontispiece, contents stab-stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers, manuscript label ‘Hymns’ mounted to front wrapper, spine slightly worn, both wrappers damp-stained, 8vo (24.4 x 15.4cm), together with 2 others (both from the series Chansons et rondes de l’enfance, illustrated by Lorenz Frolich, published at Paris by J. Hetzel et Cie, circa 1880) Copac traces four copies of this issue, which was possibly preceded by a Thorowgood issue of 1765, though the date supplied for that iteration by ESTC appears to be conjectural. The Magdalen Hospital for the Reception of Peninent Prostitutes was founded at Whitechapel in 1758 and occupied premises in Southwark before moving to Streatham in 1866, where it remained in various guises (the term ‘penitent prostitutes’ disappeared in the 1930s) until 1966. (3) £200-300
371 Rooke, J[ohn]. Sacred Music. Or a Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Chants for the Organ, 111 New Lowther Street, Whitehaven, 1851, title page in watercolour + 454 pp. manuscript music each annotated with the name of the tune, meter and composer + 8 pp. manuscript index, contemporary stationer’s ticket (Callander & Dixon, Whitehaven) and annotation ‘bound 29 March 1851’ to rear pastedown, mild spotting and browning, inner hinges cracked, contemporary red half roan, rubbed, oblong 8vo (14.5 x 23.5cm), together with: [Smith, John, 1797-1861, & Edward Fitzsimons], [Irish Minstrelsy; A Selection of Original Melodies of Erin, 1st edition, Goulding & Co., 1814], engraved dedication leaf + 3 pp. list of subscribers + index leaf + advertisement leaf + 93 pp. (mainly engraved music; some leaves letterpress only), title page lacking, later half roan, binding defective, folio (33 x 23cm)
370 Mazzinghi (Joseph ). Sapho et Phaon, The Grand Ballet, as performed at the King's Theatre Haymarket, composed by Monr: Didelot, The Music Arranged for the Piano-forte & Harp by Joseph Mazzinghi, printed by G. Goulding, No. 6 James Street, Covent Garden, circa 1796-97, together with Paul et Virginie, The Favourite Grand Ballet, as performed at the King's Theatre Haymarket, composed by Sigr: Onorati, The Music by Joseph Mazzinghi, printed for G. Goulding, circa 1797, plus Les Trois Sultanes Performed at the King's Theatre, composed by Sigr: Onorati, arranged for the Pianoforte or Harp, the music chiefly new by I. Mazzinghi, printed by G. Goulding, [1796], 33 engraved pages, 30 engraved pages (plus an additional 23 engraved pages bound in at end, numbered 3-26), and 33 engraved pages respectively, including engraved title to each volume, ownership of Lady Ed. Somerset to head of title of each volume, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed and some marks, small gilt label to centre of each cover removed, slim folio (3)
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The first item is an attractive and substantial manuscript produced by one John Rooke (1807-1872), a musician and schoolmaster who spent most of his life in the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven and the surrounding area. According to a recent biography written in the parish newsletter of St Bees Priory Church (June 2008), trade directories record him working variously as an artist, surveyor, music precentor, organist and portrait painter until 1844, when he became a master at St Bees Grammar School, where he worked until 1857, in which year he became headmaster of a new school established by the Haematite Iron Company. For the second work (Smith and Fitzsimons) Copac traces three copies only (Cambridge, Oxford and Trinity College Dublin). (2) £150-200
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372 Sale (John). A collection of new Glees, composed by John Sale, Gentlemen of His Majesty's Chapels Royal ... To which are added Four Others (never before printed), composed and presented to the Author ... by Dr Arnold, Messrs Webbe, Callcott and Linley. Dedicated (by Permission,) to the Right Honble Lady Viscountess Belgrave, 1st edition, for the author, [circa 1800], title page + list of subscribers + 41 pp. music score, engraved throughout except for the list of subscribers, bound with approximately 12 others, engraved throughout, including: Callcott (John Wall), A Collection of Four Glees composed at Blenheim, 1799, and most respectfully inscribed by Permission to their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, 1st edition, for the author, 1800, title page + 12 pp.; ibid., A Collection of Five Glees ... Composed & most humbly inscribed to permission to his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, 1st edition, for the Author, 1801, title page + 27 pp. + Callcott's advertisement to final leaf verso; and approximately 12 others, mainly glees by Callcott, engraved throughout, some lacking title pages and apparently extracted from larger volumes, contemporary half calf, morocco label giltlettered 'Callcotts' to front board, worn, front board detached, oblong folio (24 x 33 cm). Together with: 1 other sammelband of engraved music, containing approximately 25 pieces by Rossini and other Italian composers including Asioli and Liverati, published by Birchall, Goulding and others; 1 volume of manuscript music score, early 19th century, 50 (of 52) numbered pp., including transcripts of Guglielmi and others, contemporary wrappers, worn, oblong folio; and 1 volume of manuscript music exercises, late 18th century, 18 leaves + blanks, contemporary ownership inscription of contemporary mottled sheep, covers detached, oblong folio Copac traces eight copies for Callcott's Collection of Four Glees composed at Blenheim, and five copies for his Five Glees. (4)
373 Walmisley (Thomas Forbes). Six Glees, composed and respectfully dedicated with permission to the Noblemen and Gentlemen Members of the Catch Club, 1st edition, for the composer, sold at Londsdale & Mills, 1830, title page + 51 pp. engraved music score + list of subscribers, composer’s initials to title page in manuscript, leaves uncut and stab-stitched in original drab wrappers, contents clean, wrappers slightly spotted, rumpled and chipped, oblong folio (26 x 34cm), together with: Manuscript, Volume of manuscript music score, late 18th century, 2 parts in 1 volume, 42 + 36 pp. (each written upside-down with respect to the other), 10 staves to the page, contents including transcriptions of Purcell and Geminiani, hymns, and some apparently original compositions including ‘On the Death of the Amiable Miss Young’ signed ‘R. M. 1786’ (p. 31 of the second part), outer leaves browned, engraved bookplate of John Rashleigh, probably Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet and parliamentary reformer (1772-1842), contemporary half calf, worn, oblong 4to (23.5 x 29cm), Manuscript, Volume of manuscript music score, early 19th century, 15 leaves, 1 piece titled ‘Prince of Saxe Coburg, 1816’, slightly spotted and marked, last 5 leaves shorter, stab-stitched in contemporary paper wrappers, marked, oblong 4to (23.5 x 27.5cm), Romberg (Bernhard), Trois thêmes de Mozart, variés pour le violon et violoncelle, London: Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis & Collard, [circa 1810], engraved title page + 11 pp. engraved music score, dynamics added in manuscript, disbound, folio (30.5 x 22cm), and other 19th-century sheet music, bound and disbound Walmisley’s work is scarce, with five copies traced in libraries (British Library, Cambridge, Glasgow, Oxford, and Royal College of Music). (4) £150-200
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374 Amira (Georgius Michaelis). Grammatica Syriaca, sive Chaldaica, 1st edition, Rome: Giacomo Luna, 1596, Syriac and occasional Arabic and Hebrew types, woodcut initials, front inner hinge split (held by one cord only), moderate spotting, small intermittent section of worming in gutter, progressive marginal erosion to upper outer corners from quire 3E to 3O (final quire) and rear cover, the text never affected, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine title, slightly soiled, 4to (24.2 x 18.3cm)
ISLAMIC & EASTERN BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
Adams A965, BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 356; cf. Aboussouan sale, lot 35. An early Syriac grammar. ‘Jirjis ibn Mikha’il ibn ‘Amira (c. 1573-1644), taught Syriac at the Maronite College in Rome. He returned to Lebanon in 1595 as Bishop of Ehden and is associated with the celebrated Quzhayaa Psalter of 1610. The printer ... Jacobus Luna was the Maronite scholar Ya’qub ibn Hilal, formerly a compositor at the Medici press’ (Aboussouan). (1) £1000-1500
375 Arabic printing. Ghazali (Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-, 1058-1111 CE). Kitab Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din, 4 volumes, [Bulaq, Cairo: Matba’at Bulaq], Dhu al-Qa’dah 1279 AH [1873 CE], together with: Zabidi (Murtada al-, 1732-1790 CE), Sharh al-Qamus al-musamma Taj al-’Arus, 10 volumes, 1st edition thus, Cairo: alMatba’ah al-Khayriyah, 1306 AH [1888/9 CE]; Ibn Manzur (1233-1311/12 CE), Lisan al-’Arab, 20 volumes in 10, 1st edition thus, Bulaq, Cairo: al-Matba’ah al-Miriyah, 1300-6 AH [1882/3-8/9 CE]; Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih (Ahmad ibn Muhammad), Kitab al-’Iqd alFarid, 7 volumes, 2nd edition thus, Cairo: Matba’at al-ta’lif wa’l-tarjamah wa’l-nashr, 1948-9 CE; all with variable browning, some spotting and other marks, later roan-backed cloth, giltlettered spines, rubbing and wear, 4to and folio (25 x 17.5cm to 32 x 23.5cm) (31)
£200-300
376 Ge’ez manuscript. Religious manuscript on parchment, Ethiopia, early 20th century, 37 leaves, collates i6 ii8 iii10 iv8 v5, mainly 20-22 lines to the page, single column, frequent rubrication, quire i partly in a different hand, decorative harag to ii1, moderate soiling, sewn on 4 cords (bottom 2 perished) ‘Coptic’-style in wooden boards, cloth covering, leather carry-case with sleeve, small 8vo (17 x 10.5cm) The work is possibly a prayer book, as these are typically written in single column. (1) £100-150
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377 Indian mica paintings. Album of 52 gouache paintings on mica, India, circa 1830-50, mostly medium-size (14 x 17cm), a few smaller (14 x 10.5cm or 9 x 6cm), pasted at corners to paper mounts affixed to paper album leaves (one mount watermarked 1850), some with manuscript descriptions in a contemporary hand tipped to facing stubs (one watermarked 1826), many paintings loose, some rubbing, adhesive staining to mounts, a handful of chips and cracks, contemporary half morocco, spine defective, folio (33 x 23.5cm) The paintings depict musicians, dancers, trades, court scenes, processions and various types of sedan chairs, carriages and mounted riders, incorporating horses, oxen, camels and elephants. The accompanying manuscript descriptions were evidently written by a British subject with first-hand knowledge of India. (1) ÂŁ500-800
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378 Khaqani (Afdal al-Din al-Shirwani al-, 1127-1187/7 or 1195 CE). Tuhfat al-’Iraqayn [‘The Gift of the Two Iraqs’], probably Safavid Iran: colophon signed Muhammad Amin al-Qurashi, [circa 1600], Persian manuscript in black ink on glazed laid paper, 151 leaves + 3 blanks (folio 1 recto also blank), 11 lines of nasta’liq script to the page, divided into hemistiches and set within gilt and blue frames throughout, headings in red, catch-words, incipit page (folio 1 verso) with illuminated headpiece incorporating penwork vegetal motifs and the text set within cloudbands on gilt ground; folio 1 laid down with small portion of text in skilful facsimile, sympathetic paper restoration to margins of outer leaves (just touching frames of final 13 leaves, the lost portions restored in facsimile), 3 further leaves towards rear with paper restoration in the text obscuring a few words; contemporary green morocco binding, floral filigree decoration to both sides enclosed by a blind frame composed of buta motifs, 12mo (12.7 x 7.5cm), housed in 19th-century pink silk satchel with embroidered leaf-spray lining and decorative tie, the tie with attached tag annotated in a 19th-century hand ‘Extracts from the Qran [sic] found in Ayub Khan’s sleeping tent in his private camp at Muzra immediately after he had gone out’ (see note) Khaqani was a major Persian author active in the 12th century CE. His Tuhfat al-’Iraqayn, a long narrative poem in mathnawi form, is considered ‘one of the most eminent examples of sophisticated use of ornament in the whole of classical Persian literature’ (Encyclopaedia Iranica). Most of its verses are addressed to the Sun, whom Khaqani commands to undertake a voyage from Shirvan to Mecca on his behalf. Provenance: apparently found in the tent of Ayub Khan, emir of Afghanistan (1857-1914), at ‘Muzra’ (i.e. Mazra’ah) after the Battle of Kandahar in 1880, the decisive engagement of the Second Afghan War (manuscript note attached to the satchel accompanying the manuscript); later in the collection of Sir Eustace Dixon Borrowes, 11th Baronet (1866-1939; listed in typescript document titled ‘Papers, Deeds, Books, etc., The Property of Sir Eustace Dixon Borrowes Bart., 1924’, photocopy supplied); thence by descent to the present owner. Sir Kildare Borrowes, 10th Baronet (1852-1924) was an officer in the 11th Hussars, one of the 31 cavalry regiments deployed during the Second Afghan War, so the manuscript may have been originally obtained by him. (1) £700-1000
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380 Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahim ibn Ibrahim. Al-Fawatih alwafiyah li’l-Manzumah al-’Amritiyah [‘The Ample Preamble to the Manzumah of al-’Amriti’], Near East, 18/19th century, Arabic manuscript in red and black ink on glazed laid paper, 35 leaves, 25 lines of clear naskh script to the page, catch-words, contemporary marginalia, a few minor water-stains, paper-repairs to first 2 leaves, bound with a short treatise on astronomy, possibly fragmentary, 2 leaves, 1 diagram, colophon signed Sinan Basha, stitched in contemporary plain paper wrappers, spine worn, rear wrapper repaired and heavily annotated, 8vo (21.7 x 15cm), together with: Kati (Husam al-Din al-, d. 1359/60 CE), Sharh alIsaghuji, Near East, 19th century, Arabic manuscript in red and black ink on laid paper, 55 pp. + 2 blanks (contemporary manuscript pagination in top margins), contemporary marginalia, a few marks, book-block split between pp. 1 and 2, p. 1 remaining attached to front board, rear board lacking, 4to (25 x 18.5cm); and 1 other (Arabic manuscript volume comprising 5 different linguistic treatises in 2 different hands, one dated 1231 AH [i.e. 1816 CE], 21 leaves, profuse contemporary marginalia, disbound, 8vo, 21.5 x 15.5cm)
379 Martelotto (Francisco ). Institutiones linguae arabicae, 1st edition, Rome: Stephanus Paulinus, 1620, woodcut title device, Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac types, spotting, title page stained from old repairs recto, marginal worm-track to quires A-G, rear inner hinge cracked but holding, contemporary vellum, marked, 4to (21 x 15.5cm)
See ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad Jarad (ed.), Nihayat al-tadrib, Nazm ghayat al-taqrib (Beirut: Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyah, 1971), p. 42 note 3 for the first work, which is a gloss on al-Durrah al-bahiyah fi-nazm al-Ajurrumiyah by Egyptian scholar Sharaf al-Din al-’Amriti (fl. c.1581 CE), which is itself a commentary on the highly influential introduction to Arabic syntax (nahw) by Berber grammarian Ibn Ajurrum (1273-1323). According to the colophon Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahim ibn Ibrahim was a Hanafi jurist; Jarad had inspected a copy of his work dated 1271 AH (i.e. 1854/5 CE). Husam al-Din al-Kati was of Anatolian origin. He is only known through his Sharh alIsaghuji, which is a ‘gloss on Athir al-Din al-Abhari (d. 1264/5)’s Isaghuji, a brief collection of definitions of logic terms named after its inspiration, the Neoplatonist Porphyry’s Isagoge’ (University of St Andrews, cataloguing, online). Provenance: private collection, United Kingdom. (3) £150-200
Scarce Arabic grammar, one copy only traced in UK libraries (Cambridge). Martelotto (d. 1617/18) was one of three distinguished 17th-century Arabists to belong to the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor, together with Andrés de Léon and Filippo Guadagnoli (see Loop, Hamilton & Burnett, eds, The Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe, p. 196). (1) £300-500
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382 Ottoman Turkish manuscript. Insha’-i marghub [i.e. ‘Desired Composition’], Ottoman Territories: colophon signed al-Sayyid Hafiz Ibrahim Rushdi, 1227 AH [i.e. 1812/13 CE], Ottoman Turkish manuscript, black ink on glazed laid paper, 40 leaves, 7 angled lines of ruqa’ script to the page, side-notes, rubrication throughout, occasional smudging and staining, untidy marginal pen-trials to folios 2-3 and 38, contemporary marbled paper boards, text-block detached, 8vo (22.5 x 15cm) Attractive manuscript comprising specimens of elegant letter-writing, with examples from the various branches of Ottoman epistolography, including letters of affection (mahabbat-namah), official memoranda (tadhakkurah), and petitions (‘ard-i hal, including one addressed the Shaykh al-Islam, that is, the Grand Mufti). Ethe, Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindustani and Pushtu Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part II (1930), MS 2188 contains a text titled Insha-’i marghub wa matlub. Provenance: private collection, United Kingdom. (1) £120-180
381 Nawawi (Abu Zakariya’ Yahya ibn Sharaf al-, 1233-1277 CE). Fatawa, Kirkuk: colophon signed Sayyid Ahmad al-Rushni alKhalidi, for his righteous brother [li-ajl akhihi al-salih] al-Sayyid Muhammad Najib al-Khalidi al-Naqshbandi, 13 Muharram 1286 AH [1869 CE], Arabic manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 65 leaves, 11 to 13 lines of naskh script to the page, rubricated headings, 13 further leaves to the rear (some loose) containing additional texts and fragments (including poetry) in at least 2 different hands, one dated 1294 AH [ 1877/8 CE], a few stains, contemporary cloth, worn, 8vo (22 x 15.5cm), together with: Jurjani (al-Sharif al-, 1339/401413/14), Sharh al-Fara’id al-Sirajiyah, Near East: colophon signed ‘Abd al-Ghafur ibn ‘Ala Ahmad, [19th century], Arabic manuscript in black ink on thick laid paper, 101 leaves, 15 lines of naskh script to the page, profuse marginalia, one shorter leaf depicting permutations of inheritance tipped in, occasional damp-staining, bound after a copy of Jawahir al-Fara’id by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274) in the same hand (3 leaves, damp-stained), contemporary goatskin backing paper boards, rubbed, contents shaken and stitching loose, 8vo (23 x 16cm); and 2 others (both lithographic editions of Arabic treatises on usul al-fiqh) The first work is a collection of legal opinions (fatawa) by influential Syrian faqih and hadith scholar al-Nawawi (1233-1237); the second is a commentary by Persian polymath al-Sharif al-Jurjani (1339/40-1413/14 CE) on the Fara’id al-Sirajiyah, the foundational work on Islamic inheritance law by Siraj al-Din al-Sajawandi (d. 1203/4 CE). Provenance: private collection, United Kingdom. (4) £200-300
383 Sarakshi (Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-, circa 1009-1090 CE). Tarjumat Sharh al-siyar al-kabir, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition in Ottoman Turkish, Istanbul: [Dar al-Tiba’ah al-’Amiriyah], 1241 AH [1825/6 CE], typographic floral headpiece to each volume, occasional marginal damp-staining, a few leaves browned, pastedowns renewed, original marbled sheep with envelope flap, gilt panels to covers incorporating tughra of Mahmud II, rubbed, spine slightly worn, folio (33 x 23cm) Baysal, Müteferrika’dan Birinci Mesrutiyete kadar Osmanli Türklerin Bastiklari Kitaplar, 1729-1875, p. 76. The work is a commentary on the Siyar al-kabir, a treatise on jihad by early Muslim jurist Muhammad al-Shaybani (749/50805 CE). This Turkish translation by Mehmed Münîb Ayintâbî was commissioned by Sultan Mahmud II for distribution among Ottoman army officers (see TDV Islam Ansiklopedisi, volume 37, p. 328). (1) £200-300
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385 Tasker (Sohrabji Kuvarji). A Persian Poem in Commemoration of the Jubilee Year of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Empress of India, 1st edition, Surat: Mission Press, 1887, 12 linenhinged stiff-card leaves, 1 with lithographic portrait of Queen Victoria with tissue-guard, the remainder with English, Persian or Gujurati letterpress in red, purple and blue, decorative typographic borders, bookplate, binder’s ticket (‘bound at the Mission Press, Surat’) to rear pastedown, spotting to endpapers and blanks, faint spotting to title page, lithographic portrait spotted and offset onto first leaf of Persian text, original reddishbrown cloth gilt, rubbed, slightly marked, 4to No copies on Copac or OCLC, though one copy appears to have been displayed at an exhibition at Royal Holloway University Library to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. The author is otherwise untraced but his name indicates a Parsi origin, and the introduction is dated ‘Parsi New Year’s Day’. (1) £200-300
384 Starcke (Sebastian Gottfried, editor). Specimen sapientiae Indorum veterum. Id est, liber ethico-politicus pervetustus, dictus Arabice Kalilah wa-Dimnah [Arabic text] ... nunc primum Graece ex mss. cod. Holsteiniano prodit, cum versiona nova Latina, 1st edition, Berlin: Johann Michael Rüdiger, 1697, Greek and Latin text on facing pages, Arabic types in introduction, spotting and browning, front inner hinge split but firmly held by cords, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, small 8vo (15.2 x 9.5cm) VD17 39:120930K. Uncommon scholarly edition of the ancient cycle of Indian animal fables known in Sanskrit as the Panchatantra; the Greek text printed here is of an 11th-century translation made from the Arabic version by Ibn al-Muqaffa’, in which form the tales are perhaps most famous and known as Kalilah wa-Dimnah. (1) £300-500
386 Tusi (Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-, 995-1067 CE). Talkhis al-Kitab al-Shafi [i.e. ‘Abridgment of the Salutory Book’], Ottoman territories, 19th century, Arabic manuscript in black ink on glazed laid paper dyed pink or green, 330 leaves (lacking leaves at beginning and end, the remaining text containing parts of juz’ 12 only), 19 lines of naskh script to the page, text within gilt frames throughout, frequent rubrication, occasional minor worming in margins, a few leaves towards rear browned, contemporary red straight-grain sheep, rubbed and marked, some wear to extremities, small folio (23.5 x 13.5cm), together with:Qur’an, Manuscript Qur’an, possibly Yemen, 18th century, Arabic manuscript in black and red ink on laid paper, 251 leaves (lacking at least 1 leaf at beginning, the text starting at Surat al-Baqarah, Ayah 17), decorative rub’ and juz’ markings in margins, soiled and stained throughout, first 5 leaves loose, contemporary leather binding (possibly goatskin), worn, small 8vo (16 x 10.5cm); and 1 other (juz’ 8 of a 19th-century manuscript Qur’an, red morocco binding, 8vo) The first work is an important treatise on the doctrine of the imamate by early Shia jurist Shaykh al-Tusi. It is described in the colophon to the first part as ‘the Kitab al-Istifa’ fi’l-imamah, which is an abridgment [talkhis] of the Kitab al-Shafi, the book with which the Sharif al-Murtada ‘Alam al-Huda refuted the book on the imamate in the Mughni [a work by Mu’tazilite theologian ‘Abd al-Jabbar], and it is by the shaykh Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi’; Kitab al-Istifa’ fi’l-imamah (‘The Complete Book on the Imamate’) is also the name of a work by Abu Sahl al-Nawbakhti (851/2923/4 CE), but Abu Sahl predeceased Sharif al-Murtada (965/6-1044/5 CE), from whose work the present abridgment is derived. Provenance: private collection, United Kingdom. (3) £150-250
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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 387 Album Amicorum. A friendship album, Continental, 18391840, forty-eight loose leaves filled with manuscript contributions (epithets, poems, etc.), in various languages, including German, French, and English, a few with original sketches in pencil or pen & ink (a couple with watercolour), variously dated 1839-1840, some written at Neuwied in Germany, a number with manuscript name ‘E.J. Lowe’ in top right hand corner, and most with contributors’ names, some water-stained, 85 x 15cm (3.25 x 6ins) and slightly smaller, contained in original embossed burgundy morocco bookform box gilt, with ‘Souvenir’ embossed on front cover (neardetached), edges rubbed, housed in original green moiré paper-covered slipcase, rubbed, with indistinct inscription in contemporary manuscript on one side, 8vo (1)
£70-100
389* Banknote. J Bradbury, One Pound, August 1914, D7 No 014732 (TR12a), folded and creased, some spotting (1)
£300-500
390* Bright (John, 1811-1889). Autograph letter signed to Edward Ponsonby, House of Commons, dated July 26, ‘87, handwritten letter in brown ink on one side of a laid paper sheet of letter paper, with address 18 Clifford Street W, requesting a seat in the gallery of the House of Commons to be sent to James Doherty, 5 Lealand Road, Stamford Hill, N, mounted with lithographic portrait of John Bright, published by Cassell Petter & Galpin, and a colour lithograph Vanity Fair cartoon of John Bright, dated February 13, 1869, to each side, framed and glazed as one The leading Victorian radical and Liberal politician John Bright was a cofounder of the anti-corn law league, and a famous orator. (1) £50-80
388 Banknote. Dumbell’s Banking Company Limited. One-pound note, Douglas, Isle of Man: printed by Waterlow & Sons, Limited, dated 18- [i.e. circa 1895], unissued, serial number 145552, mild toning along inner edge verso, but in excellent condition, unfolded, dimensions 12.2 x 15.7cm Rare Isle of Man banknote. Dumbell’s Banking Company was founded in Douglas in 1853 and collapsed in dramatic circumstances in 1900. Provenance: Sotheby’s, The Collection of Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Signed Photographs formed between 1930 and 1979 by the late R. E. D. Rawlins, 2-4 June 1980. (1) £300-500
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391 Charge of the Light Brigade. Fête in Commemoration of the Balaclava Charge. Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill. Monday, October 25th, 1875, 1st edition, R. K. Burt & Co., 1875, 32 pp., text framed in red, light spotting, printed slip (‘Committee of the Balaklava Charge Banquet’) tipped to p. 19, ownership inscription ‘Florence Nightingale Cattermole, November 1875’ to front free endpaper (see note), printed obituary notice for William George Cattermole (single sheet headed ‘Balaclava. The Last Man Back’, 20.5 x 13.4cm) laid in, original red morocco, front board ruled and lettered in gilt, extremities rubbed, very slight loss to foot of spine, 8vo (21.7 x 13.5cm)
393 Grenadier Guards. Granville Egerton’s personal scrapbook of the Lieutenant H. C. Woods inquiry, 1907-8, containing: 19 pp. printed report titled ‘The Case of Lieutenant H. C. Woods (2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards)’ bound in, annotated by Egerton, a pencilled note on p. 1 stating ‘50 copies only printed’; and 8 leaves with contemporary newspaper cuttings and 2 related autograph letters mounted rectos and versos and annotated by Egerton, one letter from president of the inquiry Sir Francis Howard and the other from H. C. Woods, laid-in autograph letter signed from John Gathorne-Hardy concerning the inquiry (dated 6 November 1925); front pastedown with Egerton’s Seaforth Highlanders bookplate and presentation plate from Egerton to the Royal United Services Institute dated 24 April 1923, front free endpaper with tipped-in autograph letter signed from Egerton (single sheet, dated 24 April 1923) and bookplate of the Green Howards, contemporary blue half morocco, folio (32.5 x 21cm)
Rare souvenir programme, one copy traced in libraries (at Tredegar House, National Trust). This copy belonged to one Florence Nightingale Cattermole, presumably a relative of William George Cattermole (d. 1884), who participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade as a member of the 17th Lancers, and according to the accompanying printed obituary ‘was the last man of his regiment back from the ever memorable charge’. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and later served as troop sergeant major in the Yeomen of the Guard; the tipped-in slip at page 19 lists him as a member of the banquet committee. (1) £400-600
Major-General Granville Egerton (1859-1951), then a colonel, was one of five officers who conducted the five-day inquiry into Lieutenant H. C. Woods’s allegations of unfair treatment and what would now be called ‘hazing’ by his brother officers. The case attracted considerable public attention before its dismissal. Woods subsequently entered the diplomatic service and notably reported on the persecution of the Armenian population in Adana, Turkey. (1) £100-150
392 Colvile (Frederick Leigh). Manuscript notebook for The Worthies of Warwickshire, circa 1857-68, approximately 165 leaves, including several tipped-in autograph letters from correspondents and one pencilled note annotated ‘Note by Sr Thomas Phillipps’, 3 section-titles signed with Colvile’s monogram, illustrated with 1 folding pencil and watercolour view of Little Compton Manor House at Moreton-in-Marsh, 1 folding pedigree, and numerous pen-and-ink sketched including coats of arms, fullpage sketch entitled ‘Cotswold Games’, 2 folding sketches of Wolford Manor House, and a sketch of the Rollright Stones after William Camden on india paper (mounted), bound with Prichard (Richard, & Robert G. Swayne), The Christian’s Sorrow Turned into Joy - Christ, the Resurrection, and the Life. Two Sermons preached in the Parish Church of Barton, May 3, 1857, 1st edition, Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1857, 30 pp. pamphlet, original front wrapper inscribed ‘F. L. Colvile, from Mrs Guillemard’ bound in, bookplate of Frederick Leigh Colvile to front pastedown, 19th-century cloth, front joint split, 8vo (18.4 x 11.5cm)
394 Knauer (Mauritius). Almenach perpetuel, imprimé à Francfort, 1700, traduit de l’allemand en françois pour Madame la Comtesse d’Hunolstein et Hombourg, 1770, French manuscript in red and black ink on laid paper, 158 pp. + 12 blanks, 1 folding table, bound red and blue silk page-makers, contemporary sheep, blind fleurde-lys tools to spine and covers, rubbed, small 8vo (16.5 x 9.5cm), together with Longus, Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, Paris: [no publisher], 1745, additional engraved title page, engraved vignette to letterpress title, 4 engraved headpieces, 8 engraved plates by Jean-Baptiste Scotin, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contents largely unopened, later half morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo (17.5 x 11cm), and 2 others (19th-century French literature, leather-bound Attractive French manuscript translation of the Calendarium oeconomicum perpetuum practicum by Mauritius Knauer, abbot of Langheim (1613/141664), prepared for a member of the pre-Revolutionary French aristocracy. The work is also known by its German title, the Hundertjähriger Kalender. See Cohen-de Ricci 651-2 for Longus (this edition first published in 1731). (5) £150-200
Frederick Leigh Colvile (1819-1886), vicar of Leek Wootton in Warwickshire, was a member of the Leigh family of Stoneleigh Abbey (he was the nephew of Chandos Leigh), and was consequently related to Jane Austen. His Worthies of Warwickshire who lived between 1500 and 1800 was published in 1869. The bound-in pamphlet is rare, with two institutional copies traced. (1) £150-200
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395* Letter of Marque. A rare manuscript letter of marque issued by the Admiralty to Captain David Browning, commander of the ship The Viper, dated 6th July 1779, large manuscript document in a clear clerical hand, brown ink on Whatman laid paper, with watermark, signed at the foot by Thomas Cox and Thomas Brookbank junior of the high Court of Admiralty of England, and Godfrey Lee Farren registrar, addressed to verso ‘The Viper Capt. D. Browning French’, creased where folded, small holes to folded corners, without loss, generally in very good condition, overall size 485 x 592mm (19 x 23.25ins)
396 Manuscript illumination. Collection of 16 illuminated antiphonary initials on vellum, 14th century and later, various dimensions (4.5 x 4.5 to 14.5 x 14.5cm), some light rubbing (16)
The use of letters of marque by the British king and his government allowed merchant vessels, or privateers, to seek redress for loss of goods and trade caused by hostile French ships, by the seizure of ‘ships vessels and goods belonging to the French king’ with instructions to ‘bring the same to judgement in our high Courts of Admiralty of England’, as this document states. The captain is authorized ‘to set forth in a warlike manner’ and ‘by force of arms to apprehend seize and take the ships vessels and goods’. The letter also requires the captain to keep a journal of his activities, including a list of all his prizes, and their approximate value, as well as provide any information on the movements, locations, ‘designs’ and ‘strength’ of the French fleets and vessels. In return the captain may ‘sell and dispose of such ships vessels and goods’. The Viper is carefully described in the document as a ship of about 365 tons, ‘being Loop sterned, no head and one mast, mounted with twenty eight Carriage Guns carrying Shot of Nine pounds weight, and twelve Swivel Guns, and navigated with one hundred and twenty men’. It belongs to the port of ‘Folkstone’, it’s principal owners being James Clark and David Major of Folkstone, merchants. Provenance: Contained within a folio family scrap album kept by Lionel S. Lewis, titled to inside front cover Family Record Book, and dated November 16th 1886, and including a variety of 18th and 19th century legal documents, share certificates, manuscript notes and letters, and photographs , all captioned and with extensive related handwritten notes. Many leaves are loose, and some chipped to edges with loss. The Lewis or Lewys family appear to originate from Stoke Gaylard in Dorset, with later generations resident in Thanet, Kent. Lionel Lewis’s great grandmother was Mrs. Thomas Cramp, whose first husband was George Browning. The letter of marque is captioned by Lionel Lewis ‘Letters of marque dated July 6th 1779 addressed to my Great-grandmother’s brother-in-law’. The ship’s captain David Browning would therefore be the brother of George Browning. (1) £200-300
397 Scrap album. Victorian scrap album, 1840-1868, approximately 50 leaves + 30 blanks (several leaves tipped in or excised), containing: some 25 paper-lace keepsakes, most with chromolithographic or gilt decoration, some with onlaid fabric collages, including one memorial keepsake dated 1868, 5 handcoloured engraved cut-outs of harlequins on card, 1 similar with metallic onlays, 1 silk collage of King Lear, 3 small oil paintings of landscapes, signed on the mount ‘Mr Bankes, 10 South Molton St’, 1 medium-size watercolour of a castle, 1 large circular 18th-century style watercolour on laid paper depicting a woman reading music, and 1 large grisaille watercolour of a castaway with a telescope, all variously tipped or pasted in or mounted, together with approximately 10 pp. manuscript poetry including 6 pp. of apparently original verse signed Calcutta or Bengal, 1840, and 4 pp. manuscript music score, pink moiré silk endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary purple velvet with elaborate varicoloured velvet onlays and embossed gilt decoration, 4to (28.5 x 23cm) (1)
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ART & ARCHITECTURE REFERENCE 398 Alderson (Brian & Oyens, Felix). Be Merry and Wise, Origins of Children’s Book publishing in England, 1650-1850, together with Twyman (Michael), A History of Chromolithography, British Library & Oak Knoll Press, plus Maclean (Ruari), Victorian Publisher’s Bookbindings & Victorian Publisher’s Bookbindings in paper, and Lemire (Eugene), A Bibliography of William Morris, Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, and other book publishing history, various, all 20th century publications (38)
£150-200
399 Barbier (George). La Guirlande des Mois, première année, 1st edition, Paris: Jules Meynial, 1917, vignette title, 6 coloured pochoir plates, inner hinges gone, front inner hinge held by strip of linen sewing tape, all edges gilt, original pictorial silk, 16mo (1)
£150-200
400 Chambers (William). Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils, 1st edition, published for the author, 1757, text in English and French, dedication to George, Prince of Wales, list of subscribers, 21 engraved plates and plans by Fourdrinier, Grignion and Sandby, plate XIV with closed tear, bound with at front A Treatise on Civil Architecture, in which the principles of that art are laid down and illustrated by a great number of plates, accurately designed and elegantly engraved by the best hands, 1st edition, 1759, dedication, subscribers list, 50 engraved plates by Rooker, Patton, Mazell and others, some overall light spotting and offsetting, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, modern calf gilt reback, small repairs, folio Fowler 85 and 86. (1)
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£2000-3000
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401 Empson (Patience). The Wood engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1stedition, 1959, numerous monochrome illustrations, original black gilt in glassine wrapper, 4to, together with Gill (Evan R.), Bibliography of Eric Gill, 1st edition, 1953, monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, large 8vo, plus Binyon (Helen), Eric Ravilious, Memoir of an Artist, 1st edition, 1983, colour and monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in dust wrapper, small 4to, and other artist and illustrator reference, including Herbert Furst, The Modern Woodcut, 1924, George Mackley Wood Engraver, Gresham Books, 1981, James Russell, Ravilious Wood Engravings, Mainstone Press, 2013, etc., many in dust wrappers, mostly 4to (40)
£200-300
403 Jubinal (Achille). La Armeria Real, ou collection des principales pièces de la galerie d’armes anciennes de Madrid, dessins de Gaspard Sensi, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Paris: Bureau des anciennes tapisseries historiées, [1839], lithographic title page to each volume, 81 lithographic plates with tissue-guards, woodengraved vignettes, variable spotting, Dampierre bookplate, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, large folio (49.5 x 33cm), together with Stothard (Charles Alfred), The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, 1st edition, for the author, 1817 [-1832], engraved portrait plate, 147 hand-coloured etched plates including frontispiece, front inner hinge gone, contemporary red half morocco, sunned and rubbed, folio (38 x 27cm)
402 Hoffmann (Josef, and Moser, Koloman, designers). Viribus Unitis, Das Buch vom Kaiser, mit einer Einleitung von Dr. Josef Alexander Freiherrn von Helfert, Vienna, [1898], three illuminated chromolithographed plates by Koloman Moser, including title and dedication leaf, numerous plates and illustrations by various artists, 3 plates near centre detached (one with small loss to fore margin), some light spotting (mainly to margins), red silk doublures (silk inside front cover split along fore edge), all edges gilt, original elaborately decorated leather gilt, somewhat spotted and soiled, front cover with gilt and enamelled mountings including the imperial crown and monogram, gilt and enamelled clasp in the design of the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, rear cover with four gilt bosses, contained in original drop-back box (soiled and broken), with gilt monogrammed lining and embossed lid, large folio
Benezit X p. 674 for Sensi. (2)
This is a scarce first edition of this work commemorating the 50th anniversary of the rule of Austrian Emperor Franz Josef. “Viribus Unitis” was the personal motto of the emperor. The binding was elaborately designed by Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann in what is a fine example of German Art Nouveau style. Hoffman and Koloman Moser later established the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop), a group of artists who together produced ceramics, textiles, sculpture, furniture and other works. The Wiener Werkstatte was regarded as a pioneer of modern design, and its influence can be seen in later styles such as Bauhaus and Art Deco. (1) £300-500
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Lot 404 404 Krafft (Johann Carl). Plans des Plus Beaux Jardins Pittoresques de France, d'Angleterre et d'Allemagne..., 1st edition 1809-10, 96 uncoloured engraved plates, text in three columns (French, English & German), some spotting and marks to mostly to margins, plate 8 torn with some loss, edges untrimmed, 20th century quarter cloth gilt over marbled boards, oblong folio (1)
405 Luce (Gordon H.). Old Burma-Early Pagan, 3 volumes, New York: J.J. Augustin, 1969, colour frontispiece, black & white plates, folding colour map, original cloth gilt, 4to, together with Stanley (Henry), Through the Dark Continent or the Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingtone River to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 volumes, new edition, 1899, folding map, wood engraved plates and illustrations, near contemporary half morocco, 4to in 8s
£1000-1500
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406 Morris (Robert). An Essay in Defence of Ancient Architecture, 1st edition, for. D. Browne, W. Bickerton, K. Pote, and J. Walthoe, 1728, engraved frontispiece, 14 plates, table, terminal advertisement leaf, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, browning and damp-staining, contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, short splits to joint-ends, 4to (25.7 x 20.6cm) Archer 214.1, Harris 568. First edition of Morris’s first book. ‘Morris was the first English author to write at length on architectural theory’ (Archer). No other complete copy traced at auction in the last 20 years. (1) £800-1200
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407 Morris (William & Co., Ruskin House). Metal Casements, Stained Glass, Decorative Ironwork [cover-title], July 1922, 200pps., b & w illustrations throughout, mounted colour illustrations, some corner creasing, front free endpaper with mounted typed ‘Special Note’: “The prices in this catalogue are pre-war and are subject to an advance approximately as follows... July 1922...”, original printed coarse linen, lightly rubbed and marked, folio (1)
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408 Morrison (Stanley and Day, Kenneth). The Typographic Book, 1450-1935, together with Muinell (Francis), The Typography of Newspaper Advertisements, published Benn, plus Rogers (Bruce), On Cambridge Typography in 1917, and Morrison (Stanley), A Tally of Types and others on typography, lettering and graphic design (approx. 75)
£200-300
409 Papworth (John Buonarotti). Rural Residences, Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings..., 1st edition, Ackermann, 1818, 27 hand-coloured aquatint plates, a little spotting and soiling, ownership name inscription and two oval ink stamps of A.P. Johnstone, Architect & Surveyor, to half-title, contemporary half calf over marbled boards with leather spine label, rubbed, 4to Abbey, Life 45; Tooley 359. (1)
£300-500
410 Propert (W.A.). The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 19091920, with a Chapter on the Music by Eugene Goossens..., John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1921, 66 tipped-in plates, mostly colour, on 56 thick grey paper leaves (latter with some water-staining to top edge), five b & w plates, including portrait frontispiece, endpapers spotted, hinges splitting, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original cream cloth-backed marbled boards, spine darkened, edges rubbed (and showing in places), folio in 8s Limited edition, 199/500 copies. With illustrations after Leon Bakst, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and others. (1) £200-300
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GENERAL LITERATURE 411 Boswell (James). Boswell’s London Journal 1762-1763, Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, On the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764, & Italy, Corisca and France 1765-1766, Boswell In Search of a Wife 1766-1769 & Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774, (The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, edited by Frederick Pottle, 1951-60), monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original uniform publisher’s quarter vellum gilt, large 8vo, limited editions of between 350 and 1050 copies, together with The Life of Samuel Johnson, newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen, 2 volumes, Bath, George Bayntun, 1925, original cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to rear joint of first volume, 4to, plus Johnson (Samuel), The Letters of Samuel Johnson, edited by Bruce Redford, 5 volumes, Princeton University Press, 1992-94, original uniform cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo, and other Johnsonia, including Katharine C. Balderston, Thraliana, The Diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1951, etc. (approx. 40)
£150-200
414 Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes in 6, 1st editions, 1st impressions, Thornton Butterworth, 1923-31, 46 maps, charts and tables (most folding), 11 plates, errata slips to volumes 1 and 3, variable spotting and browning to endpapers and preliminary leaves, ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, Times Book Club tickets to rear pastedowns of volumes 3 parts 1 and 2, discreet library stamp in blind to volume 5 rear free endpaper and pastedown, original blue cloth, light rubbing to extremities, a few shallow nicks to headcaps, a few corners bumped, 8vo Woods A31(a). (6)
415 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Hodder & Stoughton, [1927], 15 tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, light spotting to fore-edges, original red cloth gilt in bright condition, large 8vo, together with various later 19th and early 20th century illustrated works, including The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Charles Robinson, Duckworth, 1920, Penelope’s English Experiences, Penelope’s Experiences in Ireland & Penelope’s Experiences in Scotland, by Kate Douglas Wiggin, illustrated by Charles E. Brock, 3 volumes, Gay and Bird, 1900-1903, all edges gilt, original giltdecorated green cloth in good condition, Bleak House, by Charles Dickens, 1st edition, 1853, Rory O’More, by Samuel Lover, 3 volumes, 1837, An Illustrated Natural History of British Butterflies and Moths by Edward Newman, 1884-85, Isis Unveiled, a Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology by H.P. Blavatsky, 2 volumes, reprinted, 1923, etc
412 Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club. Official Handbook and List of Fixtures for Season 1908-9, portrait illustrations of players, advertisements, one or two small marginal stains, staple rust, original printed wrappers, a few light spots, 12mo, together with Chelsea Football Club. Official Handbook for Season 1914-15, player portraits and advertisements, original wrappers (one upper corner torn, reattached), a little light soiling, 12mo, plus The Morning Leader Football Annual 1906-7, and five Chelsea home football programmes, 1952 (8)
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£150-200
416 Facsimile Manuscript. Bestiarium. Facsimile of Bodleian Library Manuscript Ashmole 1511. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1982, colour facsimile leaves with images depicting animals, mythical creatures and people, many with gold backgrounds, original blind embossed brown morocco, small folio, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition 401/980), together with Unterkircher (Franz), Bestiarium. Die texte der Handschrift Ms. Ashmole 1511... in Lateinischer und Deutscher Sprache. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1986, original printed wrappers, small folio
£300-400
413 Churchill (Winston S.). The Major Works of Sir Winston Churchill, 25 volumes, Centenary First Edition, 1974, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations, all edges gilt, publisher’s uniform gilt decorated red leatherette, minor rubbing to head and foot of spines, 8vo (25)
£300-500
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£100-150
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417 Folio Society. The Folio Society Edition of the novels of Anthony Trollope, 48 volumes, circa 1980s, all original cloth in slipcases, 8vo (48)
£100-150
421 Folio Society. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now Newly Imprinted, facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer, 2002, black & white illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, border decorations by William Morris, woodcut initial letters throughout, titles and headings printed in red, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated cream Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, Otley, to a design by David Eccles after T.J. Cobden-Sanderson’s original binding bound at the Doves Bindery for the Kelmscott Press in 1900, together with a loosely inserted advice slip concerning storage and handling, and an accompanying printed pamphlet with an Essay by William S. Peterson on the Kelmscott Chaucer, all contained in original blue buckram drop-back box, large folio
418 Folio Society. The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, centenary edition, 2008, original mounted copper etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, 16 tipped-in colour plates, numerous black & white illustrations and decorations, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed pictorial boards gilt, corners with vellum tips, original cloth dropback box, folio Limited edition 153/1030 total copies. (1)
Limited edition 612/1010 total copies. (1)
£300-400
419 Folio Society. The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorised Version of King James I, with Decorations by Eric Gill, 2007, numerous black and white illustrations to text, all edges gilt, original black morocco gilt, separate volume of essays by John Dreyfus & Robert Gibbings, contained together within original publisher’s clamshell case, folio Limited edition 162/2775 total copies. A handsome facsimile of the 1931 Golden Cockerel Press edition. (1) £150-200
420 Folio Society. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts..., by Lemuel Gulliver, [by Jonathan Swift], Newly Illustrated by Peter Suart, 2011, original mounted etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, 17 tipped-in colour illustrations, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, vellum-tipped corners, front cover with illustration in colour and gilt, gilt-lettered spine, contained in original publisher’s drop-back box, folio Limited edition, 332/1030 total copies. (1)
£150-200
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Lot 423 422 Folio Society. The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, facsimile edition, Folio Society, 2010, wood engraved illustrations and decorations by Eric Gill, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated black morocco, with separate printed commentary volume by Peter Holliday, contained together in original drop-back box, folio Limited edition, 398/2005 total copies. A handsome facsimile of the 1929-1931 Golden Cockerel Press edition. (1) £200-300
423 Folio Society. Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur ..., 2003, black & white illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, all edges gilt, original full black Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle at Otley, with gilt blocked designs by Frances Button to spine and upper cover, contained with accompanying booklet in original dropback box, Limited edition, 401/1020 total copies. A handsome facsimile edition of the 1927 J.M. Dent edition. (1) £300-400
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424 Folio Society. Just So Stories for Little Children, by Rudyard Kipling, Introduced by Michael Morpurgo, Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat, 2012, original tipped-in etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, 14 tipped-in colour plates, black & white illustrations, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed pictorial boards gilt, corners with vellum tips, original cloth drop-back box, folio, (limited edition 427/1030 total copies), together with Buffon (Comte de, Georges-Louis LeClerc), All the World’s Birds, Buffon’s Illustrated Natural History General and Particular of Birds, 1st U.S. edition, New York: Rizzoli, 2008, facsimile colour plates, original cloth, dust jacket, spine with some pale discolouration, matching slipcase, folio, plus Raemaekers (Louis), The Great War: A Neutral’s Indictment, One Hundred Cartoons by Louis Raemaekers, with an Appreciation by H. Perry Robinson and Descriptive Notes by E. Garnett, 1916, signed by the artist in pencil beneath a photographic plate of himself, colour and black & white mounted plates, text leaf to plate I with some insect damage to lower margin, top edge gilt, original half cloth gilt, contained in original drop-back box, worn with some loss, large folio, (limited edition one of 1050 total copies, of which 1000 were for sale), and 28 others similar, including: The Holy Land, and Egypt and Numbia, from Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts R.A., 3 volumes, New York: Rizzoli, 2000; The Country Scene, in Poems by John Masefield, and Pictures by Edward Seago, 1937; Peter and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, Illustrated by Debra McFarlane, Folio Society, 2007; The New Temple Shakespeare, with Engravings by Eric Gill, 19 volumes only (of 40), mixed editions, dust jackets, 1934-1957 (31)
£300-400
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425 Folio Society. The Luttrell Psalter, 2006, facsimile edition reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130, all edges gilt, original blue Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle of Otley, the upper cover blocked with a design in gold and colours by David Eccles, together with a loosely inserted advice slip concerning storage and handling, and a separate commentary bound in quarter cloth, contained together in original drop-back box (tail edges slightly bumped in places), folio Limited edition, 820/1500 total copies. (1) £300-500
426 Folio Society. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, by Edward Young, illustrations by William Blake, 2 volumes, facsimile edition, 2005, facsimile colour illustrations throughout, quarter Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle of Otley, upper boards with blocked illustration in silver, designed by David Eccles based on William Blake’s original drawings, silver-lettering to spines and morocco labels on upper boards, together with commentry volume in original buckram, contained together in original drop-back box, folio Limited edition 99/1020 total copies. A handsome facsimile of the original edition in the British Museum. (1) £300-400
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430 Kingston (William H.G.). Digby Heathcote: or, the Early Days of a Country Gentleman’s Son and Heir, 1st edition, 1868, wood engraved frontispiece and plates, occasional spotting, original gilt blocked pictorial cloth, slight fraying at head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with 19 others by Kingston, including In the Eastern Seas, 1st edition, 1874; On the Banks of the Amazon, 1st edition, 1876; In New Granada, 1st edition, 1879; and In the Wilds of Florida, 1st edition, 1897, all in original pictorial cloth gilt, mostly in bright condition, few with fraying or a little wear to extremities, all 8vo (20)
431 Osborne Collection. Facsimile Editions of Early English Children’s Books from The Osborne Collection, Toronto Public Library, 36 volumes, 1981, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original gilt decorated cloth or printed wrappers, including the companion volume, edited by Margaret Crawford Maloney, each in original printed slipcase (some with adhesive failing), various sizes, contained together in original printed publisher’s cardboard box
427 Folio Society. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews, 11 volumes, 2003, frontispieces to volumes 1-10 (as issued), volume 11 being the Diary Index, all edges gilt, original uniform quarter Nigerian goatskin by Cambridge University Press, marbled paper sides by Ann Muir, contained together in custom-made oak bookcase, 8vo Limited edition, 349/1000 copies. (11)
£150-200
Authors and illustrators include Christina Rossetti, Randolph Caldecott, Thomas Bewick, Kate Greenaway, Walter Crane, and Florence K. & Bertha H. Upton. (36) £300-500
£200-300
432 Shaw (George Bernard). The Plays of George Bernard Shaw, 13 volumes, Constable & Company, 1929, top edge gilt, original publisher’s uniform dark blue limp calf, elaborately gilt decorated spines in bright condition, each in glassine dust wrapper, contained in publisher’s original cloth drop-over bookbox, a little rubbed, 8vo (1)
433 Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, with a Preface by George Saintsbury, 1894, black & white frontispiece and numerous illustrations, light spotting to first and last leaves, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original blue-green cloth, with elaborate peacock design in gilt, some light marks, front cover with tiny wormhole at top inner corner (just grazing endpapers), dulled spine with ends a little frayed and 1cm split at head, 8vo, together with The History of Henry Esmond..., by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1905, black & white frontispiece and numerous illustrations, stitching a little strained, endpapers lightly toned, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership name, all edges gilt, original elaborately gilt decorated blue-green cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, spine dulled, 8vo, plus Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World, by Fanny Burney, 1903, black & white frontispiece and numerous illustrations, light spotting to fore margins, title with embossed stamp ‘Presentation Copy’, all edges gilt, original elaborately gilt decorated blue-green cloth, lightly rubbed in places, spine dulled, 8vo, with 32 others similar, including titles illustrated by Hugh Thomson, E.J. Sullivan, R. Caldecott, and others
428 Folio Society. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, From Drawings made on the Spot by David Roberts, 2 volumes, 2010, facsimile colour illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, original red cloth, blocked illustrations to front boards and spines, designed by Neil Gower, each volume in original slipcase, large folio Limited edition, 212/1020 total copies. A smart facsimile of the first edition in the John Rylands Library. (2) £300-500
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429 Folio Society. Rural Rides..., by William Cobbett, 2010, The Physiology of Taste, by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 2008, Leave it to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse, 1989, Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, 1972, The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy, 1997, together with 98 further volumes of Folio Society, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (103)
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434 Verne (Jules). The Mysterious Island Trilogy: Dropped from the Clouds, 1st UK edition, 1875; Abandoned, 3rd UK edition, 1879; The Secret of the Island, 1st UK edition, 1875, all published Sampson Low, each with wood engraved plates (50; 50; 49 respectively, all complete), first and third volumes with publisher’s catalogue at rear, Clouds with some soiling, and one gathering loose, a few plates slightly edge-frayed and re-attached (one water-stained), and one plate with paper residue from facing page adherred to fore-margin (with no loss of text or image), Abandoned with some marks and spotting, one or two marginal repairs, and two plates detached and slightly frayed to fore-edge, rear endpaper with advertisements, hinges repaired, Island with scattered spotting, first and third volumes both with endpapers renewed and with all edges gilt, all in original pictorial cloth gilt, all rubbed and recased, first volume rebacked and with new lower board, preserving both spine and cloth from rear cover, second and third volumes rebacked preserving original spines, 8vo, housed together in a custom-made cloth and paper-covered slipcase, together with four others by Verne in original cloth, three 1st UK editions (Dr. Ox’s Experiment, 1874, For the Flag, 1897, and An Antarctic Mystery, 1898) Myers 42. (7)
BOOK FURNITURE 437* Bookcase, George III style mahogany bookcase, of slender proportions, the key frieze above single astragal glazed door, enclosing shelves, over cupboard door, with shelves on splayed bracket supports, 183 x 52 x 30.5cm, minor scuffs and bruises (1)
438* Partners Table. A Victorian mahogany partners writing table, with red tooled leather top above 3 drawers to each side each with brass handles, on 4 fluted baluster supports with brass casters, 72cm high x 167cm wide x 106cm deep, some loss of veneer, staining and restoration required (1)
439 Aircraft Technical Manuals. Royal Air Force and related manuals dating from circa 1920-60s, including Air Ministry publication 1929 A Short History of the Air Force, Air Ministry publication 1931, Gipsy I Aero-Engine, Minsitry of Defence publication 1968, Propeller Al.Mk.I. Aircraft etc
£300-400
(a carton)
£70-100
440 Archery. A Bibliography of Archery by Fred Lake and Hal Wright, Manchester: Simon Archery Foundation, 1974, original green mock leather, 4to, together with Chinese Archery, by Stephen Selby, Hong Kong University Press, 2000, black & white illustrations, ink stamp to title, original printed wrappers, 8vo, with other Archery related including The Archer’s Craft by Adrian Eliot Hodgkin, 2nd edition, 1974, Longbow by Robert Hardy, 1st edition, 1976, The Medieval Archer by Jim Bradbury, 1985, The English Bowman by T. Roberts, reprinted, 1973, plus other fishing and shooting reference, including Lonsdale Library titles, and 12 victorian and later sporting and coaching prints, all framed and glazed (3 cartons)
£100-150
£150-200
441 Baillie-Grohman (William A. & F., editors). The Master of Game, by Edward, second Duke of York, the oldest English book on hunting, 1904, limited edition 46/600, 52 plates including colour frontispiece, signed by the editor to the limitation page, some minor toning, front guttering cracked, publisher’s original gilt decorated reverse calf, boards rubbed, spine cracked with minor loss, folio, together with ‘The Sportsman (publisher), British Sports and Sportsmen, Big Game Hunting and Angling..., 1914, limited edition 673/1000, numerous monochrome illustrations, original gilt decorated full dark blue morocco, boards and spine lightly marked and rubbed, folio, and Brown Goode (G.), American Fishes..., New York, 1888, colour frontispiece plus numerous monochrome illustrations, front endpaper to contents page partially detached, some minor toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated illustrated green cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly early 20th century sporting and anging reference and related, some leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio
436 Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack. 1923-29 & 1947-56, 1958, 1992, 2004-05, photographic plate to each of 1923-29, illustrations and advertisements, a few minor spots, 1925 lacking two advertisement leaves at end?, tear and loss to last advertisement leaf of 1929, original wrappers for 1923-29, a few detached, small tear and loss at foot of 1927 rear wrapper, some wear to a few spines, 1947-58 in original limp wrappers, some light soiling, 1952 defective, plus three others, 8vo (25)
£300-500
QUANTITY
435 Whittington Press. Portmeirion, by Leslie Gerry & Robin Llywelyn, 2008, limited edition 131/350, signed by the author and illustrator to the limitation page, 7 full page colour illustrations, original illustrated boards in slipcase, large 8vo, together with Seacourt Print Workshop (publisher), A Crazy Knot, by Sam Burnside, Leslie Nicholl et al, circa 1995, limited edition 75/100, 10 colour and monochrome etchings and woodcuts signed by the artists in pencil, original cream cloth bookbox with pasted down illustration, large 4to, and Eluard (Paul), Grèce ma rose de raison, Greece, circa 2000, limited edition 666/900, signed to the limition page, 17 colour and monochrome illustrations, original wrappers in sleeve, large 8vo, plus Sperantzas (B, et al), Mimnepmos, Athens, 2002, limited edition 42/100, 4 colour etchings and woodcuts signed by the illustrators, original wrapper in blue bookcase, oblong 4to (4)
£100-150
£250-350
(3 cartons)
135
£200-300
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442 Boronio (Cesare). Annales Ecclesiastici..., volumes 1 & 2, 4 & 5, 7 & 8, 10 & 11 only (of 12), new edition, Antwerp: Ex officina Plantiniana, various imprint dates 1611-1670, engraved titles to each, contemporary blind panelled calf, old rebacked, boards detached, worn, folio, plus seven other 17th century odd folio volumes Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2 cartons)
446 Jefferies (Richard). Wild Life in a Southern County, 1st edition, 1879, scattered spotting and few marks, hinges split, original cloth gilt, frayed to joints and extremities, 8vo, together with The Amateur Poacher, 1st edition, 1879, scattered spotting, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, lower joint split at head, extremities rubbed, 8vo, with Nature Near London, 1st edition, 1883, spotting at front and rear, original pictorial cloth, spine darkened, frayed at head & foot of spine, 8vo, with The Life of the Fields, 1st edition, 1884, hinges cracked and upper hinge repaired,original pictorial cloth, discoloured and dust-soiled, 8vo, and The Toilers of the Field, 1st edition, 1892, portrait frontispiece, hinges cracked, original cloth, paper title label to spine with loss at head, dist-soiled and frayed at head & foot, 8vo, with Britton (John), The Beauties of England and Wales..., volume 15, Wiltshire, 1814, additional engraved title, numerous plates, spotting and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco title label, 8vo, with other Wiltshire related, including Kelly’s Directories (some maps torn or lacking), plus Q. Curtii Rufi Historiarum libri, Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1670, engraved title, contemporary calf, loss of upper panel to spine, joints split, worn, 12mo
£150-200
443 Borrow (George). The Bible in Spain..., 3 volumes, 3rd edition, 1843, minor original toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half calf, spines lightly faded, 8vo, together with Earl of Ilchester (editor), The Journal of Elizabeth Lady Holland (1791-1811), 2 volumes, 1908, 2 monochrome portrait frontispieces, later endpapers, later gilt decorated blue three quarter morocco, 8vo, and Moore (Thomas), Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with notices of his life, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, 1833, monochrome engravings, minor spotting and offsetting, bookplates to front pastedowns, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature and history, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 40 volumes) (2 cartons)
(a carton)
£150-200
447 Lynton (Norbert). William Scott, 1st edition, 2004, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Cailles (Francoise), Rene Boivin, Joaillier, Paris, 1994, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Wood (Lucy), The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Catalogue of Commodes, HMSO, 1994, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other art reference, including Kunstgewerbeblatt, 7 volumes, 18991905, and publications by Antique Collectors’ Club, some leather bindingsd, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
444 Goldsmith (Rev. J.). The British Empire in 1827; being a Popular Grammar of British Geography in the Four Quarters of the World, 15th edition, [1827], engraved maps (some folding) amd wood engraved plates, modern amateur quarter morocco, 12mo, together with Peacock (W., publisher), A Compendious Geographical and Historical Grammar: Exhibiting a brief survey of the Terraqueous Globe..., 1795, hand-coloured folding maps, modern amateur morocco, 12mo, plus Paterson’s Roads, 1803 & Salmon’s Modern Gazetteer, 1758, plus other mostly 20th century publications including The Diary of Samuel Pepys, a new and complete transcription edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews, 11 volumes, 1970-83, original cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, 8vo, plus other Pepys reference, history, literature etc., and 11 odd volumes of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, 1955-88 (2 cartons)
(4 cartons)
£100-150
(1 carton)
£100-150
449 Milne (A.A.). Winnie The Pooh, a reproduction of the original manuscript, 1971, numerous monochrome facsimiles, original cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with Lawrence (T.E.), Revolt in the Desert, 3rd impression, 1927, 16 monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, original brown cloth, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, The Mint..., 1st edition, 1955, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned, spine lightly rubbed to foot, 4to, and Bunyan (John), The Pilgrim’s Progress..., circa 1917, 29 colour illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, slight spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous art, literature and history reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£100-150
(2 cartons)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£100-150
448 Miles (Henry Downes). Pugilistica. The History of British Boxing, 3 volumes, published John Grant, Edinburgh, 1906, additional half title, numerous uncoloured plates and illustrations, later ownership stamp to front endpaper, some old adhesion scarring to front pastedowns, slight spotting to front and rear of each volume, top edge gilt, fore-edge uncut, publisher’s decorative brown gilt cloth, very slight wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Henning (Fred), Fights for the Championship. The men and their times, 2 volumes, published Licensed Victuallers Gazette, circa 1900, additional half title, volume one lacking front endpaper, numerous illustrations throughout, hinges cracked, contemporary red cloth, spines faded, worn at extremities, 8vo, with other volumes similar relating to boxing and prize fighting, plus an aquatint portrait by W. M. Fellows of Thomas Cribb and an etching of two prize fighters (Gregson & Gully), both framed and glazed, with other reproduction prints of juvenile boxing, plus a set of Jane Austin novels published by the ‘Folio society’
445 Horace. [Quinti Horatii Flacci Poemata: scholijs siue annotationibus, quae breuis commentarii vice esse possint, London: R. Field impensis Georii Bishop, 1606], lacking title, occasional underscoring and annotations, some margins dampstained, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, blind arabesque to centre of each board, worn at head & foot of spine, lacking ties, 8vo, together with Croston (James), Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1882, wood engraved plates, scattered spotting, later endpapers, original gilt decorated cloth, 4to, (limited edition of 600 copies printed), with Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1883, wood engraved plates, scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, original gilt decorated cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 4to, and County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1887, portrait frontispiece, few wood engraved plates and illustrations, some spotting and toning, later endpapers, original gilt decorated cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 4to, plus other miscellaneous books, mostly 20th century publications including esoteric philosophy and history reference (a carton)
£100-150
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£80-120
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450 Egerton (Clement). The Golden Lotus, a translation, from the Chinese original of the novel Chin P'ing Mei, 4 volumes, first complete translation, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972, original green cloth gilt in price-clipped dust wrappers, 8vo, together with other miscellaneous books, including German literature (printed in German), art reference, including auction catalogues, etc. (2 cartons)
456 Terry (Charles Sanford). The Albemarle Papers, being the correspondence of William Anne, second Earl of Albemarle, Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, 1746-1747, with an Appendix of Letters from Andrew Fletcher, Lord Justice Clerk to the Duke of Newcastle, 1746-1748, 2 volumes, Aberdeen: Printed for the New Spalding Club, 1902, photgravure portrait frontispieces to each, library stamps to titles, pages uncut, original green cloth gilt, 4to, (limited edition 320/525), together with Drummond-Norie (William), Loyal Lochaber and its associations, Historical, Genealogical, and Traditionary, Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1898, numerous black & white plates, endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 4to, (limited edition of 500 copies printed), with Rose (D. Murray), Historical Notes or Essays on the ‘15 and ‘45, Edinburgh: William Brown, 1897, black & white portrait frontispiece and few plates, original cloth gilt, 8vo, (limited edition 50/250), plus other Scottish history, and miscellaneous books including art reference
£50-80
451 Moser (Barry, illustrator). The Holy Bible, King James Version, Viking Studio Edition of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, 1999, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cream cloth gilt in dust wrapper, thick 4to, VG, together with Lewis Carroll's Alice, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Pennyroyal Press, 1983, monochrome illustrations, text printed in blue, red and black, original quarter blue cloth in dust wrapper, folio, VG, plus other illustrated works, including five Folio Society publications, and 20 volumes of The Saturday Book, including 9 in original publisher's boxes, mainly 8vo/4to (2 cartons)
(a carton)
457 Wheatley (Henry B., editor). The Diary of Samuel Pepys..., 10 volumes, reprint edition, 1904, monochrome illustrations, minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full red morocco bound by Bumpus and monogrammed ‘A.F.T.D.’, all edges gilt, spines slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Munro (Neil), Neil Munro’s Works, 10 volumes, 1923, minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco bound by Ramage, spines lightly faded, 8vo, and Harper (Charles G.), The Smugglers..., 1909, 36 monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half morocco bound by Bayntun, boards and spine lightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus other mostly late 19th and early 20th century literature and miscellaneous reference, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally very good, 8vo/4to, (67 volumes)
452 Paperbacks. A collection of approximately 300 volumes of Penguin & Pelican paperbacks, including King Penguins, fiction and non fiction, all original wrappers, G, 8vo (2 cartons)
£80-120
453* Railway Photography. A large collection of approximately 2000 photographs of modern UK locomotives and related, contained in 35 folders, G/VG (5 cartons)
£70-100
454 Rosenberg (Marc). Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, 3rd revised edition, 4 volumes, Frankfurt, 1922-28, numerous monochrome illustrations to text, all original dark blue cloth gilt in dust wrappers, 4th volume rubbed and a little frayed, 8vo, together with Sykes (Brigadier-General Sir Percy), Sir John Chardin’s Travels in Persia, Argonaut Press, 1927, original quarter vellum gilt, a few minor marks, large 8vo, limited edition of 975 copies, this copy unnumbered, plus Wotton (Thomas), The English Baronets. Being a genealogical and historical account of their families, printed for Thomas Wotton, 1727, 38 copper engraved plates printed back-toback (title and numbers 1-37), engraved dedication leaf following title, 19th century brown calf gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed to edges, 16mo, and others various, including Persian Tales, written down for the first time in the original Kermani and Bakhtiari, and translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer, with illustrations by Hilda Roberts, Macmillan & Co., 1919, with separately issued Dedication and Prefaces to Persian Tales, privately printed 1919, loosely inserted, etc (a carton)
(3 shelves)
£300-500
458 Little Purdy (Richard & Millgate, Michael, editors). The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, 7 volumes, 1978-88, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Ker (N.R.), Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, 4 volumes, 1969-92, uniform original cloth, 8vo, and Rushforth (G. McN.), Medieval Christian Imagery..., 1936, 192 monochrome illustrations, minor toning, original blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, plus other Oxford published history and literary reference and related, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
£200-300
459 Doyle (John). Political Sketches &c. by H.B., 3 volumes, November 1829-June 1935, 300 monochrome plates, some light spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated green half morocco, boards and spines rubbed, folio, together with Cuitt (George), Wanderings and Pencillings amongst Ruins of the Olden Time, 1848, 73 monochrome etchings, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated brown half morocco, boards and spines rubbed, folio, and Schoonover (John R, et al), Frank E. Schoonover Catalogue Raisonné, 2 volumes, USA, 2009, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, in slipcase, large 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern art reference, including publications by Antique Collectors’ Club, Batsford, Oak Knoll Press, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio
£150-200
455* Sporting Ephemera. A collection of modern sporting ephemera, including two signed cricket bats and a rugby ball, a large collection of rugby programmes and magazines, rugby balls, boxing gloves, 10 framed and glazed sporting prints, G/VG (4 cartons)
£100-150
£80-120
£100-200
(6 shelves)
137
£300-400
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460 Booth (Bradford A. & Mehew, Ernest, editors). The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, 8 volumes, Yale University Press, 199495, some light spotting to text blocks, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Grolier Club (publisher), Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Wither, New York, 1893, numerous monochrome facsimiles, some minor toning, contemporary quarter calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Franklin (Colin), Printing and the Mind of Morris, Three Paths to the Kelmscott Press, The Rampant Lion Press, 1986, original boards, 8vo, plus other bibliography and literary reference and related, including English Blindstamped Bindings, by J. Basil Oldham, Cambridge, 1952, original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)
464 Thompson (Noel & Eastwood, David, editors). The Collected Social and Political Writings of William Cobbett, 17 volumes, Routledge, 1998, publisher’s uniform original green cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with Therry (R.), The Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning with a memoir of his life, 6 volumes, 1828, period inscription to volume 1, front endpaper, some light spotting, boards and spines lightly rubbed with minor loss to spine labels, 8vo, and other mostly modern biography and history reference and related, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
465 Ricketts (Charles, illustrator). Saint Joan..., by Bernard Shaw, 1924, limited edition of 750 copies, 16 tipped in colour illustrations, original boards with cloth spine, lightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Brock (H.M., illustrator), A Book of Old Ballads..., by Beverley Nichols, 1934, 16 colour plates, monochrome illustrations, minor spotting, original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 4to, and Thomson (Hugh, illustrator), She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, circa 1912, 25 colour plates plus monochrome illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, title page and frontispiece detached, some light spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other early 20th century illustrated literature and fiction, including John Galsworthy, Walter Scott, Charlotte Bronte, W. Heath Robinson, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio
£300-400
461 Allcot (John). John Alloct Marine Artist, Sydney, 1978, limited edition 469/500, signed to the limitation page by Rodney Allcot, 60 colour tipped in plates, plus numerous monochrome illustrations, publisher’s original gilt decorated blue leatherette in slipcase, folio, together with Woolwich (publisher), List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the year 1716 to the present date, revised edition, 1869, some spotting, modern endpapers, modern gilt decorated brown half morocco, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 4to, and Dow (George), Great Central, 3 volumes, mixed editions, 1959-71, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other military and transport reference including publications by Putnam, Ian Allan, Osprey, Naval & Military Press, and Jane’s Fighting Ships, 3 volumes, 1940-41, 1944-45, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
(6 shelves)
£300-400
(6 shelves)
£200-300
(6 shelves)
£150-200
468 Bates (H.E.). The Hessian Prisoner, 1930, limited edition 440/500, monochrome frontispiece, signed by the author to the limitation page, some minor spotting, original red cloth, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with Scott (Walter), The Pirate, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, 1822, some spotting and marks, uniform contemporary boards, spines cracked with loss, 8vo, and Straparola (Giovanni Francesco), The Most Delectable Nights of Straparola of Caravaggio, 2 volumes, Paris, 1906, limited edition 162/1000, hand coloured plates, bookplates and previous owner inscriptions to front endpapers, some spotting, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th century fiction, poetry and first editions, including Geoffrey Chaucer, John Galsworthy, Rudyard Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, some signed by the authors, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo
£150-200
(6 shelves)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£200-300
467 Steinbeck (John). The Grapes of Wrath, 1st US edition, New York, 1939, some minor spotting to the text block, original illustrated cloth, spine lightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Hanneman (Audre), Ernest Hemingway, a comprehensive bibliography, 2 volumes, volume 1 second printing, 1969, volume 2 1st edition, 1975, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, volume 1 dust jacket price clipped, covers lightly marked, 8vo, plus other modern fiction, 1st editions, poetry and literary reference, including Rudyard Kipling, Günter Grass, A. Conan Doyle, Graham Greene, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
463 Hobson (R.L.). Worcester Porcelain..., 1910, 108 monochrome plates, minor toning, publisher’s original gilt decorated cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed and faded, folio, together with Tilley (Frank), Teapots and Tea, 1957, limited edition of 1000 copies, 10 colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed, large 4to, and Chaffers (William), The New Keramic Gallery, 2 volumes, revised edition, 1926, 8 colour plates plus monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers rubbed with some loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus other modern pottery, porcelain and ceramic reference, including publications by Antique Collectors’ Club, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
£200-300
466 Antiquarian. A large collection of mostly 19th century literature and history reference, including A Compleat Dictionary Dutch and English..., by William Sewell, Amsterdam, 1765, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to
462 Smith (Trevor Dudley). Now Try The Morgue, 1st edition, 1948, erased pencil inscription to front endpaper, some toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers worn with some loss to head of spine, 8vo, together with Benét (Stephen Vincent), John Brown’s Body, 1st edition, New York, 1928, signed by the author to the front endpaper, some minor spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, and Aldiss (Brian W.), Non-Stop, 1st edition, 1958, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to foot, 8vo, plus other modern fiction, poetry and 1st editions, including Graham Greene, John Irving, Doris Lessing, Folio Society, some signed by the authors, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)
£200-300
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£300-400
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469 Picasso (Pablo & Aragon, Louis). Shakespeare, New York, 1965, limited edition 829/1000, numerous monotone illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked and rubbed, folio, together with Nachtwey (James, et al), War: USA Afghanistan Iraq, 2004, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original boards in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, and Bernard (Bruce), Humanity and Inhumanity, The Photographic Journey of George Rodger, 1994, numerous monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern photography and art reference and reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
473 Scott (Walter Sidney, editor). The Athenians..., 1st edition, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, monochrome frontispiece, original gilt decorated quarter morocco, spine lightly faded, 4to, together with Rees (Abraham), Rees’ Manufacturing Industry (181920), 5 volumes, 1972, monochrome frontispiece to volume 1, plus further illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, and other late 19th and 20th century biography and history reference, including publications by A. & C. Black, Cambridge, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
474 Bindings. Poems by Thomas Gray, Eton, 1907, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, original gilt decorated full calf bound by Spottiswoode & Co., spine slightly rubbed, 4to, Sesame and Lilies, by John Ruskin, 1901, minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated blue half calf bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Song Book..., by John Hullah, 1909, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, bound by Riviere & Son, spine lightly toned and rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th and early 20th century literature and reference, all leather bindings, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4to, (115 volumes)
£150-200
470 Antiquarian. A collection of mostly 19th century literature and history reference, including A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman’s Magazine, 4 volumes, by John Walker, 1814, mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
£150-200
471 Brangwyn (Frank, illustrator). Eöthen: Or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by A.W. Kinglake, 1908, limited edition 37/100, 12 colour plates plus monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, booklate to front pastedown, publisher’s original quarter vellum, boards and spine lightly rubbed, large 4to, together with Lawrence (T.E.), Oriental Assembly, 1st edition, 1939, numerous monochrome illustrations, minor spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, spine marked, 8vo, and Landor (A. Henry Savage), Across Coveted Lands, or A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland, 2 volumes, 1902, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor toning and spotting, uniform original red cloth, spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century travel and polar exploration reference and related, including Freya Stark, and publications by Argonaut Press, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
(3 shelves)
£200-300
475 Aviation. A collection of modern aviation history and reference, including publications by Putnam, Airlife, Pen & Sword, Jane’s, Conway, Ian Allan, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
£150-200
476 Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous modern literature, including history reference and modern fiction, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
£150-200
477 Railway. A large collection of modern railway, steam and locomotive history and reference, including publications by Ian Allan, O.P.C., David & Charlds, P.S.L., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£300-500
(6 shelves)
472 Maquoid (Percy & Edwards, Ralph). The Dictionary of English Furniture..., 3 volumes, Country Life, 1924-27, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Belcher (John & Macartney, Mervyn E.), Later Renaissance Architecture in England, 2 volumes, 1901, numerous monochrome plates, some minor toning, bookplates to front pastedowns, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, spines lightly faded and rubbed, folio, and Jekyll (Gertrude & Hussey, Christopher), Garden Ornament, 2nd edition, Country Life, 1927, numerous monochrome illustrations, minor marginal toning, original green cloth, spine lightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, folio, plus other early 20th century and modern architecture and furniture reference and related, including publications by Batsford, Antique Collectors’ Club, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
£200-300
£200-300
478 Gilly (William Stephen). Narrative of An Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont..., 1824, 2 folding maps plus monochrome plates, period inscription to head of title page, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, together with Irving (Washington), A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, 2 volumes, 1829, some water marks and spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines rubbed, loss to spine labels, 8vo, and other mostly 19th century travel reference and history, including An Universal History, 8 volumes, 1736, printed for J. Batley, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
£200-300
479 A. & C. Black. A collection of approximately 75 volumes of A. & C. Black publications, circa 1910-20, including The Heart of Scotland, by Sutton Palmer & A.R. Hope Moncrieff, Switzerland, by Frank Fox, 1915, The Dolomites, by E. Harrison Compton & Reginald Farrer, 1913, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£300-500
(3 shelves)
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£150-200
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480 Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous history, travel and literature reference, including 10 volumes of Collins Guides, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)
485 Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees..., 2 volumes, 4th edition, York, 1812, numerous monochrome plates, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting and marks, uniform later cloth spine to green boards, slightly rubbed, large 4to, together with Rutty (John), A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters..., 1757, modern endpapers, some spotting and water marks, later gilt decorated half calf, spine slightly rubbed, 4to, and Lowe (E.J.), Our Native Ferns..., 2 volumes, 1874, 79 colour plates and numerous monochrome engravings, period inscriptions to front endpapers, minor spotting, uniform original embossed green cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 19th and modern horticulture and botany reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£150-200
481 Messine (A.). Phrosine et Mélidore, poëme en quatre chants, Paris, 1772, 4 monochrome engraved illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, later endpapers, some minor spotting, later gilt decorated red three quarter morocco, spine slightly rubbed and front hinge partially split, 8vo, together with Gailhabaud (Jules), Monuments Anciens et Modernes..., 4 volumes, Paris, 1853, numerous monochrome plates, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated black quarter morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed, large 4to, and Thouin (M., et al), Nouveau Cours complet D’agriculture théorique et practique..., 16 volumes, new edition, Paris, 1821-23, monochrome folding plates, some minor marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated quarter calf, spines slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century French language literature, history and reference including Semaine Des Constructeurs, 10 volumes, 1876-86, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 200 volumes) (6 shelves)
(6 shelves)
486 Cramp (Stanley, et al). Handbook of the Birds of Europe, The Middle East and North Africa, 9 volumes, 1977-94, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Seton (Ernest Thompson), Life-Histories of Northern Animals, an account of the mammals of Manitoba, 2 volumes, 1910, numerous monochrome maps and illustrations, uniform original plum cloth, spines faded and lightly rubbed, 4to, and Stubbs (George), The Anatomy of the Horse, reprint edition, J.A. Allan & Co., 1965, numerous monochrome illustrations, publisher’s original red cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, folio, plus other mostly 20th century natural history and avian reference, including publications by New Naturalist, T. & A.D. Poyser, Oxford, Yale, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio
£300-500
482 Antiquarian. A large collection of 18th and 19th century miscellaneous literature, history and ecclesiastical reference and related, mostly leather bindings, some gilt decorated, condition is generally fair/good, some odd volumes, 8vo/4to, (approximately 150 volumes) (6 shelves)
£300-400
(6 shelves)
483 Binyon (Lawrence). The Engraved Designs of William Blake, 1926, limited edition 95/100, 83 colour and monochrome plates, some minor toning, publisher’s original quarter vellum, boards and spine lightly rubbed, large 4to, together with Whitehead (P.J.P.), Forty Drawings of Fishes made by the artists who accompanied Captain James Cook..., 1968, 36 colour plates, original cloth in gilt decorated dust jacket, covers slightly marked and toned, folio, and Izzard (Sebastian, editor), One Hundred Masterpieces from the collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton, USA, 1992, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, and slipcase, large 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th century art and book binding reference and related, including Art Journal, 4 volumes, 1860-61, 63, 67, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£300-500
487 Christie (Agatha). Ordeal By Innocence, 1st edition, 1958, original cloth in dust jacket, minor rubbing to head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Francis (Dick), Smoke Screen, 1st edition, 1972, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, minor rubbing to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and Rendell (Ruth), An Unknown of Ravwens, 1st edition, 1985, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other mostly modern crime fiction, including P.D. James, Leslie Charteris, Ellis Peters, Sue Grafton, Kathy Reichs, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo.4to (6 shelves + a carton)
£150-200
488 Updike (John). The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures, Poems, 1st edition, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1958, original quarter black cloth in dust wrapper, rubbed and some light stains, author’s initialled note on a slip of paper loosely inserted, together with Heller (Joseph), Catch-22, a novel, Simon & Schuster, 1989, original blue cloth gilt, with slipcase, limited signed edition, 328/750, plus Capote (Truman), In Cold Blood, a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences, 1st edition, New York, Random House, 1965, signed by author to half-title, original cloth in dust wrapper, a little frayed and chipped to extremities, and other 20th century and contemporary American literature, including John Updike, Assorted Prose, 1st edition, New York, Knopf, 1965, signed to front endpaper, Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon, Franklin Library, 1979, signed edition, Nathanael West, Annie Proulx, Dorothy Parker, Tom Wolfe, James Ellroy, John Gregory Dunne, Paul Theroux, mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, all 8vo (approximately 140 volumes)
£200-300
484 Dugdale (Thomas). Curiosities of Great Britain Delineated, 11 volumes, circa 1820s, numerous monochrome maps and plates, some light spotting, some pages partially detached, uniform original gilt decorated embossed green cloth, minor rubbing to boards, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Aldin (Cecil), The Romance of the Road, 1928, limited edition 163/200, 18 colour maps and plates plus numerous monochrome in text illustrations, publisher’s original gilt decorated full vellum, boards lightly marked, large 8vo, and Lupton (Thomas & Ruskin, John), The Harbours of England, new edition, 1877, 12 monochrome plates, some pages partially detached, some light spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, plus other 19th century and modern UK topography reference and related, including publications by A. & C. Black, HMSO, Oxford, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
£300-500
(6 shelves)
£300-500
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£200-300
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489 Johnson (Samuel). London: A Poem, and the Vanity of Human Wishes, with an introductory essay by T.S. Eliot, Haslewood Books, 1930, partly untrimmed, bookplate of Roger Senhouse and Allen Tracy Hazen to front pastedown, original boards with paper label to upper cover, faded, in rubbed and chipped dust wrapper with a little loss, folio, together with Eliot (T.S.), The Sacred Wood, Essays on Poetry and Criticism, 1st edition, 1920, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, small 8vo, plus Isherwood (Christopher), Sally Bowles, 1st edition, Hogarth Press, 1937, original light blue cloth, rubbed and some marks, small 8vo, and other miscellaneous modern literature, including William Burroughs, Naked Lunch, Castle Books, Fran Lebowitz, W.H. Auden, Gertrude Stein, Tom Wolfe, Mae West (The Constant Sinner, 4th printing, 1931, signed), an autogrpah signed note by Lillian Gish, Aldous Huxley (Brief Candles, signed), Michael Chabon, Monica Ali, Nabokov, etc., (approximately 90 volumes)
493 Antiquarian. A collection of mostly 19th century natural history and historical reference, including The Book of the Thames, from its rise to its fall, by S.C. Hall, 1859, many leather bindings, some gilt decorated, many original cloth, some odd volumes, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4to
494 Oman (Charles & Hall, Joan A.). A History of the Peninsular War, 9 volumes, 1995-99, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Hussey (John), Waterloo, The Campaign of 1815, 2 volumes, 2017, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, and Glover (Gareth, editor), The Waterloo Archive, 5 volumes, 2010-13, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, plus other modern Napoleonic era reference, including publications by Greenhill Books, Frontline Books, Arms & Armour, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, V/VG, 8vo/4to, (57 volumes)
(3 shelves)
(3 shelves)
(3 shelves)
£200-300
490 Malouf (David). Johnno, a novel, 1st edition, University of Queensland Press, 1975, signed by the author to title, and dated 21.10.95, original brown cloth in dust wrapper, together with Frame (Janet), Owls Do Cry, 1st edition, Christchurch, Pegasus Press, 1957, original orange cloth in dust wrapper, plus Intensive Care, a novel, New York, Braziller, 1970, original cloth in dust wrapper, faded to spine, and Keneally (Thomas), Chindler’s Ark, 1st UK edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, signed and inscribed by the author to title, dated 1982, original black cloth in dust wrapper, 8vo, plus other modern literature, all overseas authors, including Marquez, Peter Carey, Anderi Makine, David Malouf, Patrick White, Janet Frame, Michel Houellebeq, Haruki Murakami, W.G. Sebald, etc., mostly 1st editions, nearly all original cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo, generally G/VG (approximately 160) (3 shelves)
(3 shelves)
£200-300
£200-300
496 West (William). Picturesque Views and Description of Cities, Towns, Castles, Mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, Birmingham: William Emans, 1834, 16 engraved plates only, some spotting and dampstaining, margins frayed, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, publisher’s printed title label (calling for 18 plates), some wear, 4to, together with Leighton (Stanley), Shropshire Houses Past & Present illustrated from drawings, 1901, portrait frontispiece and numerous plates, title in red & black, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original Japanese vellum-backed boards, some wear and soiling, 4to, with Gazetteer, The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County..., Wem: Printed & published by T. Gregory, 1824, folding engraved map frontispiece by John Cary, numerous lithograph plates, some dampstaining and spotting, modern half cloth, large 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th century Shropshire, history and topographical reference and related Provenance: Plaish Hall, Shropshire. (3 shelves)
£200-300
497 Macquoid (Percy & Edwards, Ralph). The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 volumes, 1924-27, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with A History of English Furniture, 4 volumes, 1905-08, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, boards and spines slightly rubbed, folio, and Cescinsky (Herbert), English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, 3 volumes, circa 1910, numerous monochrome illustrations, some pages partially detached, some spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, spines rubbed, 4to, plus other early 20th century and modern furniture and interior decor reference, including auction catalogues from Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, V/VG, 8vo/folio
£200-300
492 Railway. A large collection of modern railway, steam and locomotive reference and related, including publications by O.P.C., Ian Allan, David & Charles, P.S.L., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
£150-200
495 Mikaberidze (Alexander). The Russian Officer Corps in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815, 2005, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, together with McNab (Chris, editor), Armies of the Napoleonic Wars, an illustrated history, 2009, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, and Macdonald (John & Cimpric, Zeljko), Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign, the Italian Front 1915-1918, 2001, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus The Spellmount of Library of Military History, 8 volumes, circa 2000s, plus other Napoleonic era reference, including publications by Pen & Sword, Osprey, Spellmount, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to, (79 volumes)
491 Hughes (Ted). Lupercal, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1960, original purple cloth gilt, in dust wrapper, rubbed and some fraying with short tears to edges, remains of glassine wrapper present, together with Crow, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1970, original black cloth gilt in price-clipped dust wrapper, plus Orwell (George), Animal Farm, 1st US edition, New York, 1946, original black cloth, spine lettering rubbed, in dust wrapper, a little rubbed and frayed to extremities, and Chatwin (Bruce), Songlines, 1st US edition, 1987, original cloth in dust wrapper, plus other 20th century literature and first editions, including Christopher Isherwood, Down There on a Visit, 1st edition, 1962, signed by author to title, Ian McEwan, Black Dogs, 1st edition, 1992, signed by author to title, Muriel Spark, The Hothouse by the East River, 1st edition, 1973, & All the Poems, 1st edition, 2004, signed by author to title, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled, 1st US edition, 1995, signed by author to title, Brian W. Aldiss, A Soldier Erect, 1st edition, 1971, other authors include Joe Orton, Jonathan Coe, D.M. Thomas, James Lees-Milne, Jasper Fforde, V.S. Naipaul, Zadie Smith, etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo (approximately 150 volumes) (6 shelves)
£150-200
£150-200
(3 shelves)
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498 Grout (A.J.). Moss Flora of North America, North of Mexico, 3 volumes, Vermont, 1928-39, monochrome illustrations, later blue cloth with spine labels, 4to, together with Van der Wijk (R., editor), Index Muscorum, 5 volumes, Utrecht, 1959-69, original blue cloth gilt, spine to second volume somewhat faded, large 8vo, plus Fleischer (Max), Die Musci der Flora von Buitenzorg, 4 volumes bound in 3, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1900-1922, monochrome illustrations, later uniform green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, and other bryological publications, and related works, many printed in European languages, mostly cloth bound, 8vo/4vo (approximately 80 volumes)
503 Lipscombe (Nick). Wellington’s Guns..., 1st edition, 1913, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Bromley (Janet & David), Wellington’s Men Remembered..., 2 volumes, 1st editions, 2012-15, monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, and Glover (Gareth, editor), The Correspondence of Sir Henry Clinton in the Waterloo Campaign, 2 volumes, 1st editions, 2015, original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, plus other modern Napoleonic era and military reference, including publications by Naval & Military Press, Sutton, Osprey, Helion, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to
(3 shelves)
(5 shelves)
£150-200
499 Railway. A large collection of modern railway, steam and locomotive history and reference, including publications by Ian Allan, O.P.C., S.L.P., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
504 Langford (John Alfred). Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present: 4 volumes, Birmingham, circa 1880, monochrome plates, all edges gilt, some minor spotting, publisher’s uniform original gilt decorated plum cloth, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Lewis (Samuel), A Topographical Dictionary of England..., 4 volumes, 1835, numerous monochrome maps, some light spotting, uniform modern calf spines retaining contemporary half calf boards, boards slightly rubbed, 4to, and Smith (William), A New & Compendious History of the County of Warwick..., Birmingham, 1830, 62 monochrome plates including map frontispiece, some plates hand coloured, some spotting, later endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 4to, plus other 19th century and modern Warwickshire, Bristol, London & UK history and topographical reference, including Northamptonshire Notes & Queries, 6 volumes, 1886-97, by Christopher A. Markham, some leather bindings, some original cloth, some in dust jackets, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to
£200-300
500 Heath-Stubbs (John). Chimaeras, Hearing Eye, 1994, limited edition 5/40, signed to the limitation page, 9 monochrome linoetchings by Emily Johns, original boards, large 8vo, together with Murdoch (John), Seventeenth-Century English Miniatures..., 1997, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 4to, and other modern art reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves + a carton)
£100-150
501 Mattingley (John R.). When Men Were Animals and Animals Were Men, a study of the graphic work of David Itchkawich, The Angelica Press, New York, 1976, limited edition 66/520, signed to the limitation page, monochrome etching tipped into frontispiece, signed by the artist and limited 66/100, monochrome illustrations, original faux red quarter morocco in slipcase, 4to, together with Carroll (Lewis), The Hunting of The Snark, An Agony in Eight Fits, 1876, 9 monochrome illustrations by Henry Holiday, some light spotting, original illustrated brown cloth, rear boards, marked with red ink, minor loss to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and Murakami (Haruki), Norwegian Wood, 2 volumes, Harvill Press, 2000, signed to the limiation card, original wrappers in stainless steel box, 8vo, plus other early 20th century and modern private press, illustrated and juvenile, poetry and fiction, including Damon Runyon, Eric Ambler, Roger Hargreaves, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves + a carton)
(4 shelves)
£200-300
(2 shelves)
£200-300
506 Willis (Sam). The Fighting Temeraire, 2009, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Harrod (Dominick), War, Ice & Piracy, the remarkable career of a Victorian sailor..., 2000, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Vale (Brian), The Andacious Admiral Cochrane, the true life of a naval legend, 2004, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus other modern Napoleonic era and military history and reference, including publications by Naval & Military Press, Conway, Airlife, Greenhill Books, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£200-300
(5 shelves)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£400-600
505 James (William). The Naval History of Great Britain..., 6 volumes, 1837, monochrome illustrations and plates, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Thornton (A.), The Adventures of a Post Captain, 1817, 24 hand coloured plates, modern endpapers, some light spotting, modern half calf, 8vo, and Ancell (Samuel), A Circumstantial Journal of the long and tedious blockade and siege of Gibraltar..., 1802, monochrome engraved folding frontispiece, the left hand side of which is partially lacking, some light spotting, modern endpapers, modern brown half morocco, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century Napoleonic era and military history and reference including History of the War in the Peninsula..., 6 volumes, by W.F.P. Napier, new edition, 1867, mostly modern ‘amateur’ leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (52 volumes)
502 Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous history, architecture, art and literature, including A History of British Birds, 2 volumes, by Thomas Bewick, 1816, and publications by Oxford, H.M.S.O., Cambridge, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)
£300-400
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507 Pye (Charles). A Description of Modern Birmingham..., Birmingham, 1819, some spotting, contemporary half calf boards retaining original gilt decorated calf spine bound by Goodman, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Roscoe (Thomas), The London and Birmingham Railway..., 1839, colour folding map frontispiece, monochrome plates, all edges gilt, modern endpapers, some light spotting, modern brown half calf, 8vo, and Kelly & Co (publisher), Kelly’s Directory of Birmingham, with its suburbs for 1882, monochrome advertisements to front and rear, some minor toning, and spotting, front guttering cracked, publisher’s original gilt decorated red cloth, boards marked, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 19th century and modern Birmingham history and reference, including Birmingham Faces and Places, an illustrated local magazine, 6 volumes, circa 1888, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (2 shelvesd)
511 Wilson (H.W.). Ironclads In Action, a Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895..., 2 volumes, 1896, numerous monochrome maps and illustrations, minor marginal toning, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Russell (W. Clark), Collingwood, 1891, 12 monochrome illustrations, ex library stamp to front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Sloane (William Milligan), Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumes, New York, 1896, numerous colour and monochrome plates, some minor toning, uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, spines slightly faded and rubbed, large 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century Napoloeonic era, military history and miscellaneous reference including The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, 8 volumes by Colonel Gurwood, 1852, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (5 shelves)
512 Lawrence (D. H.). Love Poems and Others, 1st edition, Duckworth and Co., 1913, original blue cloth, spine sunned, 8vo, together with Greene (Graham), Reflections on Travels With My Aunt, limited edition, New York: Firsts & Company, 1989, original stiff card wrappers, Greene’s monogram gilt to front wrapper, large 8vo, number 131 of 250 copies signed by Greene, Boyd (William), An Ice-Cream War, 1st edition, Hamish Hamilton, 1982, original boards, dust jacket, 8vo, Wilson (A. N.), The Sweets of Pimlico, 1st edition, Secker & Warburg, 1977, original boards, dust jacket rubbed and nicked, 8vo, and over 100 others, including first editions of Paul Scott, Doris Lessing, Patrick White and others, dust jackets, 8vo
508 Schapelhouman (Marijn & Schatborn, Peter). Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2 volumes, 1998, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, and slipcase, large 8vo, together with Joosten (Ben), Sculptors from Zimbabwe, 2001, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed, large 4to, and other early 20th century and modern art reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
£150-200
(5 shelves)
509 Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of mostly modern literature and miscellaneous reference, including publications by Folio Society and Oxford, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (5 shelves + a carton)
£150-200
513 Burton (Sir Richard F.) A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and:] Suppplemental Nights, 16 volumes, 1st edition, Benares [London]: printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only, 1885-8, woodengraved mosaic frontispieces, title pages printed in red and black, top edges red, original black cloth, volumes 1-10 decorated in gilt, volumes 11-16 decorated in silver, rubbed, scattered pale mottling to sides, headcaps chipped, tips worn and occasionally bumped, volumes 1 and 5 recased and relined, volume 10 spine defective, Supplementary Nights spines faded, volume 13 joints split at extremities, a binding set, 8vo, together with Fielding (Henry), Works, with the Life of the Author, a New Edition, to which is now added, THe Fathers; or, the Good-natured Man, 10 volumes, printed for W. Strahan [and others], 1784, etched frontispiece to volume 1, engraved frontispieces to remaining volumes, offset, contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, twin morocco labels, gilt device of a liver bird and initials ‘FRL’ to front boards, joints superficially cracked in places, craquelure to spines, some minor loss to labels, 8vo, Torrens (W. M.) Memoirs of the RIght Honourable William, Second VIscount Melbourne, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macmillan and Co., 1878, mezzotint frontispiece, light spotting, top edge gilt, 20th-century half calf for Hatchards, 8vo, and numerous others, mainly 19thcentury popular editions of English literature in original cloth, 8vo
£80-120
510 Ayres (Philip). Mythologia Ethica, or, Three Centuries of Aesopian Fables..., printed for Thomas Hawkins, 1689, monochrome engraved illustrations, period inscription to title page, spotting, marks and minor loss, contemporary full calf, rear board detached, boards and spine rubbed, 8vo, together with Bearblock (James), A Treatise Upon Tithes: containing an estimate of every titheable article in common cultivation..., 5th edition, 1818, period inscription and bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, and offsetting, contemporary half calf, boards and spine rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, and Jordan (David Starr & Evermann, Barton W.), American Food and Game Fishes..., New York, 1902, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 4to, plus other mostly 19th and 20th century literature and miscellaneous reference, some leather bindings, many original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
£200-300
£200-300
£200-300
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514 Military. A large collection of modern military and aviation reference and related, including publications by Airlife, Pen & Sword, P.S.L., Ian Allan, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)
520 Cooper (James Fenimore). The Bravo. A Venetian Story, 3 volumes, 1831, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Aikin (John), Select Works of the British Poets, 10 volumes, 1821, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, all edges gilt, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full black morocco, small 8vo, and Hayley (William), The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq..., 3 volumes, new edition, 1824, monochrome portraits frontispiece to volume 1, some minor toning and offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated embossed full calf, spines slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus other 19th century literature and history reference, all contemporary gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4gto
£150-200
515 Military. A large collection of early 20th century and modern military history and reference, including publications by Sutton, Pen & Sword, Greenhill Books, Arms & Armour, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)
£150-200
516 Bindings. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, 3 volumes, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, circa 1900, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue half calf bound by Riviere & Son, spines lightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, Sesame and Lilies, by John Ruskin, complete edition, 1913, contemporary gilt decorated plum half morocco, bound by Riviere, boards lightly faded, 8vo, Curiosities of Great Britain, England & Wales Delineated..., 4 volumes, by Thomas Dugdale, circa 1820, numerous monochrome illustrations and maps, some light spotting, uniform original gilt decorated black half calf, borads and spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th century literature and history reference, including Waverley Novels, 48 volumes, by Walter Scott, circa 1830, all contemporary gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to, (approximately 100 volumes) (3 shelves)
(3 shelves)
521 Beattie (William). Switzerland, illustrated in a series of views..., 2 volumes, 1838, numerous monochrome plates, some light spotting and marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, boards and spines rubbed, 4to, together with Baker (Samuel White), The Albert N’Yanza Great Basin of the Nile..., 2 volumes, 1886, monochrome folding map frontispiece to volume 1, plus other illustrations, some tears, watermarks and light spotting, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Moryson (Fynes), An Itinerary..., 4 volumes, Glasgow, 1907, monochrome facsimile illustrations, top edge gilt, some minor toning, uniform orignal gilt decorated red cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century European and African travel and history reference, including publications by A. & C. Black, Cambridge, Harvard, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£400-600
517 Hill (John). A Review of the Works of the Royal Society of London ... under the several heads of Arts, Antiquities, Medicine, Miracles, Zoophytes, Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, 1st edition, for R. Griffiths, 1751, various contenporary ownership inscriptions and sketches to title page, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, 4to, together with Barker (Ralph), The Last Mountain, 1st edition, Chatto & Windus, 1959, photographic plates, original boards, price-clipped dust jacket with a few nicks along top edge, 8vo, Bonnington (Chris), The Everest Years, a Climber’s Life, 1st edition, 2nd impression, Hodder & Stoughton, 1986, inscribed by Bonnington on the half-title, original boards, dust jacket, 8vo, and approximately 50 others, mostly late-20th-century mountaineering titles in the dust jackets, some signed, 8vo (3 shelves)
(6 shelves)
£100-150
£100-150
519 Trollope (Anthony). Ralph The Heir, 1st edition, 1871, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated blue half morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with Moore (Thomas), Lalla Rookh, an oriental romance, 1st edition, 1817, period inscriptions to front endpaper and title page, some spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, and Kipling (Rudyard), Wee Willie Winkie, The Phantom Rickshaw, Under the Deodars, The City of Dreadful Night, 4 volumes, bound in one, all mixed editions, circa 1890, some marginal toning, modern endpapers, modern gilt decorated red half morocco, 8vo, plus other 19th century literature and history reference, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to, (approximately 70 volumes) (3 shelves)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£400-600
522 Birch (George H.). London Churches of the XV11th and XV111th Centuries, 1896, 64 monochrome plates, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with Harper (Charles G.), The Manchester and Glasgow Road, 2 volumes, 1907, including handwritten letter by the author, The Oxford, Gloucester and Milford Haven Road, 2 volumes, 1905, numerous monochrome illustrations, m,inor spotting, both in original illustrated cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Furley (Robert), A History of the Weald of Kent, with an outline of the early history of the county, 2 volumes (in 3), 1871, period inscriptions to head of title pages, monochrome folding maps, some minor spotting, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th century UK topography and history reference, some leather bindings, mostly contemporary cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio
518 Paperbacks. A large collection of modern paperbacks, including fiction, non-fiction and publications by Pelican, Penguin, Pan, Harvard, all in original wrappers, G/VG, 8vo/4to (7 shelves + a carton)
£300-500
(6 shelves)
£300-500
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523 Lythgoe (Albert M.). The Predynastic Cemetery N 7000, Nagaed-der, part 4, University of California Press, USA, 1965, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, ex library copy with associated stamps, original green cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Vincent (John H.), Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee..., circa 1894, numerous monochrome illustrations, later inscription to bookplate to front endpaper, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, oblong 4to, and Hinnells (John R., editor), Mithraic Studies..., volume 1, Manchester University Press, 1975, monochrome frontispiece, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus other modern Middle Eastern, Egyptian & Indian history and art reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to
526 Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated.., 2 volumes, facsimile edition, Manchester, 1973, publisher’s uniform original gilt decorated brown leatherette, folio, together with Bone (James), Edinburgh Revisited, 1911, monochrome etching frontispiece, plus 75 illustrations by Hanslip Fletcher, minor toning, original gilt decorated black cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 4to, and Shore (W. Teignmouth), Kent, 1st edition, 1907, 73 colour illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, original illustrated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other early 20th century and modern UK topography reference, including publications by A. & C. Black, Oxford, Victorian History of the Counties of England, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio
(6 shelves + a carton)
527 Gay (John). Poems on Several Occasions, 2 volumes bound in one, 1720, 3 monochrome engraved illustrations, some spotting and minor offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, large 4to, together with Taylor (C., publisher), The Artist’s Repository or Encyclopaedia of the Fine Arts, 4 volumes, 1808, numerous monochrome plates, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards and spines rubbed, 8vo, and Richardson (S., publisher), The History of Sir Charles Grandison, in a series of letters..., 7 volumes, 3rd edition, 1754, bookplates and inscriptions to front endpapers, and title pages, some light spotting and offsetting, uniform contempory gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature and history, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (92 volumes)
(6 shelves)
£200-300
524 Moore (Thomas). Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1st edition, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, plate of manuscript facsimile, spotting to endpapers and blanks, plates spotted and offset, engraved bookplate of B. B. Colvin, all edges gilt, near-contemporary polished calf by Clarke & Bedford, front joint superficially split but firm, some minor wear, 4to, together with: Pinero (Arthur W.), The Plays [box-title], 14 volumes, mixed editions, William Heinemann, 1891-6, photogravure portrait frontispiece to The Profligate, gilt floral endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon roan, 16mo (15 x 10.5cm), housed in a matching box, slightly rubbed, measurements 22 x 16.5 x 12cm; Brereton (Austin), The Life of Henry Irving, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908, collotype frontispiece to volume 1, photogravure frontispiece to volume 2, collotype plates, extraillustrated with 2 additional photographic prints mounted to volume 1 initial blanks above mounted facsimile signatures, volume 2 rear inner hinge cracked, original blue cloth, gilt vignettes of the Lyceum to front boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo; and approximately 50 others, including 19th-century works on Irving and related topics in original cloth, and mid-20th-century British theatre reference, condition generally very good, 8vo (3 shelves)
(3 shelves)
£400-600
528 Jackson (Charles James). An Illustrated History of English Plate Ecclesiastical and Secular..., 2 volumes 1911, colour frontispiece to volume 1, plus numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting and offsetting, uniform contemporary red half morocco, boards and spines lightly marked and rubbed, large 4to, together with Tattersall (C.E.C.), A History of British Carpets..., 1st editionm, 1934, 116 illustrations, including colour frontispiece, minor spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, and Berman (Harold), Bronzes, Sculptors and Founders 1800-1930, 4 volumes, mixed editions, 1974-94, numerous monochrome illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, plus other modern sculpture and decorative arts reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£150-200
525 Fitz-Adam (Adam). The World, 3 volumes, new edition, 1794, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, uniform contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Scott (Walter), The Fortunes of Nigel, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, 1822, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Nares (Edward), Thinks-I-To-Myself, a SerioLudicro, tragico-comico tale, 2 volumes, 9th edition, 1813, monochrome frontispiece, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature and history, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to, (81 volumes) (3 shelves)
£300-500
(3 shelves)
£200-300
529 Arthur (George). The Story of the Household Cavalry, 2 volumes, 1909, colour and monochrome illustrations and maps, lacking complete front endpapers, ex library stamps to title pages, minor spotting, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Johnson (A.H.), The History of The Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London..., 5 volumes, Oxford, 1914-22, ex library copies with associated marks, some light spotting, new endpapers to volume 1, uniform original gilt decorated cloth, spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, and Morton (Charles), A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654..., 2 volumes, new edition, 1855, some minor toning and spotting, uniform original red cloth boards and spines slightly marked and rubbed, with minor loss, 8vo, all with bookplates to front pastedowns, plus other late 19th century and modern historical reference and related, including publications by Oxford, Routledge, Navy Records Society, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£300-500
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£200-300
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530 Railway. A large collection of modern railway, steam and locomotive reference, including publications by Ian Allan, O.P.C., B.L.P., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
536 Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, 1619-1702, 44 volumes, 1858-1947, all original blindstamped cloth gilt, one or two rebacked, with light ilbrary marks, large thick 8vo, together with Calendar of State Papers, 1613-1675, 20 volumes, circa 1900-1947, all original blindstamped cloth gilt, a few rebacked, light library markings, large thick 8vo, plus Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from November 1718 to December 1792, preserved in the Public Record Office, HMSO, 1925, Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, 1574-1660, published 1860, Calendar of Treasury Books, 25 volumes, Calendar of Home Office Papers, 1760-1765 & 1773-1775, published 1878 & 1899 respectively, all large 8vo, (114 volumes)
£200-300
531 Hasler (P.W., et al). History of Parliament, 11 volumes, circa 1980s, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, together with other modern scholarly historical reference and related, including publications by Oxford, H.M.S.O., Cambridge, Richard III Society, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
£200-300
532 Raper (Richard, et al). The Oxfxord History of England, 14 volumes, circa 1980s, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, 8vo, together with other modern scholarly historical reference and related, including publications by Oxford, Cambridge, Routledge, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
(6 shelves + 2 cartons)
536a Railway. A large collection of modern railway, steam and locomotive history and reference, including publications by O.P.C., Ian Allan, Sutton, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
£200-300
(6 shelves)
533 Henrey (Blanche). British Botanical and Horticultural Literature Before 1800..., 3 volumes, OUP, 1975, colour frontispiece and monochrome illustrations, uniform original blue cloth, boards lightly marked, 8vo, together with Hind (Arthur M.), Engraving in England in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries..., 3 volumes, C.U.P., 1952-64, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex library copies with associated marks, uniform original red cltoh in dust jackets, minor loss to volume 3 spine, 8vo, and other 20th century bibliography reference and related, including publications by Oxford, Cambridge, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)
(6 shelves)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£200-300
536c W.P. Griffith & Sons Ltd (publisher). Historical Record of the Third (King's Own) Hussars..., 1903, 9 colour plates, bookplate and period inscription to front endpapers, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Stewart (David), Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland..., 2 volumes, Edinburgh, 1825, bookplates and previous owner stamps to front endpapers, some light spotting and marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated brown half morocco, boards and spines lightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, and Wylly (H.C.), XVth (The King's) Hussars 1759 to 1913, 1914, limited edition 120/250, 31 colour and monochrome plates, plus in text illustrations, later endpapers, later gilt decorated black full morocco retaining partial original brown morocco spine, large 4to, plus other 19th century Napoleonic era and military reference and related, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (46 volumes)
£150-200
(2 shelves)
£300-500
535 Antiquarian. A large collection of mostly 19th century historical and miscellaneous reference, mostly leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some foreign language, condition is generally fair, 8vo/4to (approximately 150 volumes) (9 shelves)
£200-300
536b Railway. A large collection of modern railway, steam and locomotive history and reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to
534 Cole (Christian). Memoirs of Affairs of State: containing letters, written by ministers employed in Foreign Negotiations, printed Henry Woodfall, 1733, bookplates to front pastedown, some light spotting and watermarks, reinforced gutters, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed, hinges cracked, large 8vo, together with MacPherson (James), Original Papers; containing the secret history of Great Britain..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1776, some minor toning and spotting, later brown half morocco retaining contemporary gilt decorated spine, boards lightly marked, 4to, and Heath (Baron), Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London, 3rd edition, privately printed 1869, monochrome frontispiece, ex library copy with associated marks, bookplates to front endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated three quarter brown morocco, bound by Zaehnsdorf, spine lightly rubbed, 4to, plus other 18th and 19th century history and reference, including A Compleat Collection of State-Tryals, and proceedings..., 6 volumes, 1719-30, all leather bindings, some gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (55 volumes) (3 shelves)
£200-300
£400-600
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19TH & 20TH CENTURY PAINTINGS, WATERCOLOURS & MODERN PRINTS Thursday 13 December
19TH & 20TH CENTURY PAINTINGS, WATERCOLOURS & MODERN PRINTS To commence at 10am
537* African School. Masai villagers, 1968, oil on canvas, artist monogram and date lower right, 81 x 99cm (31.75 x 39ins), framed (1)
539* Barry (Claude Francis, 1883-1970). City of CarcassoneEvening Light, 1935, aquatint with etching, signed and dated lower right, plate size 44 x 50.5cm (17.25 x 20ins), framed and glazed, together with a mixed collection of engravings including Stanley Angus, Wast Water, drypoint, plus Corfe Castle, portrait on an elderly man etc
£70-100
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£200-300
538* Attributed to Samuel Henry Baker (1824-1909). Welsh Mountain landscape, oil on board, showing boats and figures on a beach with mountains behind, 29 x 41cm, (11.5 x 16ins) unsigned, period gilt frame (1)
£100-150
540* Bartlett (Charles Harold, 1921-2014). Salmon Nets, watercolour on paper, signed lower right, 51 x 61cm (20 x 24ins), framed and glazed, biographical information verso, together with a 19th century watercolour of Tintern Abbey, 40.5 x 31cm (16 x 12.25ins), unsigned but with inscription on margin attributing it to Frederick Nash (1782-1856) however probably a follower (2)
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£100-150
543* Bertolin Grande (Luigi, 1912-1965). Italian courtyard, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 58 x 73cm (23 x 28.75ins), framed
541* Batchelor (Bernard Philip, 1924-2012). A collection of 27 original watercolours, mostly landscapes, townscapes, including Sargans Castle, and Bienne, Switzerland, Hythe, Yarmouth, Kingswear, Schaffhausen, etc., many signed or initialled, 15 x 19.5cm (6 x 7.5ins), and smaller, one framed and glazed, several mounted, the remainder contained in ring binder, together with a group of 7 unsigned etchings by Roland Batchelor (1889-1990) (34)
(1)
£100-150
£200-300
544* Birchall (William Minshall, 1884-1941). A Trader of the Eighties, 1929, watercolour and gouache on paper, showing a clipper in full sail, signed, dated and titled lower left, 25 x 37cm (9.75 x 14.5ins) mount aperture, together with Oakes (S., 20th century). Sails and Steam, watercolour on paper, showing a three mast ship in open water with war ship on the horizon, 18.5 x 30cm (7.25 x 11.75ins), both framed and glazed (2)
£100-200
542* Batchelor (Roland, 1889-1990). Normandy Carrying Away the Catch, watercolour on paper, signed lower left, 20.5 x 20cm (8 x 7.75ins), framed and glazed, Bankside Gallery label to verso (1)
£200-300
545* Bissell (P., active WWII). WWII landscape, oil on panel, showing aircraft over Corfe Castle, signed and dated lower right, 92.5 x 184cm (36.5 x 74.5ins), unframed (1)
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£100-150
546* Bloomfield (Rib, 1948-). Untitled, set of 4 abstract screen prints, signed lower right and numbered 39/100, 98.5 x 75cm (38.75 x 29.5ins), framed and glazed (1)
548* Branson (Clive, 1907-1944). West Downe, Weymouth, 1926, oil on canvas, signed with initials A.C.B., and dated lower left, titled lower right, canvas stamped G. Rowney & Co. to verso, 77 x 64cm (30.25 x 25.25ins), framed
£70-100
Provenance: From the family of the artist’s youngest brother Cyril Montague Chimmo Branson (1919-2008). Also see lot 934. (1) £200-300
549* British Impressionism. Landscape with haystacks in a field, oil on board, indistinctly signed lower right (‘Charles Chester’?), 25.5 x 33cm (10 x 13ins), framed (1)
547* Bradbury (Arthur Royce, 1892-1977). Young woman in traditional costume, probably Italian, oil on board, showing a woman resting on a rail with sea behind, signed lower left, gilt frame, 32 x 26cm (12.5 x 10.25ins) (1)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£70-100
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£150-200
550* Calder (G., mid-late 19th century). Pair of marine seascapes, oil on board, showing sailing boats in stormy waters, signed lower left, the other lower right, 25.5 x 46cm (10 x 18.25ins), period gilt moulded frames, glazed, together with De Goede (Rosemarie, 20th Century), Thames Barges, 1985, oil on paper, signed and dated (19)85 lower right, 48 x 33cm (19 x 13ins), framed and glazed
553* Cavalla (R., 20th century). Sailing boats in stormy waters, pair of oil on canvas paintings, one signed lower left the other lower right, 31 x 41cm (10.25 x 16ins), gilt moulded frames
(3)
(2)
£150-200
551* Carter (Sydney, 1874-1945). South African landscape, watercolour on paper, signed lower right, 24.5 x 37.5cm (9.75 x 14.75ins), framed and glazed together with English School. Still life of dead Bullfinches, 19th century, watercolour on paper, indistinctly signed lower left, 19 x 26cm (7.5 x 10.25ins), framed and glazed plus other items (4)
554* Cochrane (The Honourable Mrs Baillie, 1846-1929). ‘Near Cadland’, watercolour on paper, showing boats off Cadland, Southampton, unsigned, titled and attributed in contemporary ink verso, 16.5 x 28.5cm, mount aperture, framed and glazed The Honourable Mrs Baillie was the wife of Lord Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, 1st Baron Leamington. (1) £100-150
£70-100
552* Cattermole (George, 1800-1868). Interior of Hampton Court with Henry VIII and Catherine Parr, 1861, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right, 48.5 x 62.5cm (19.25 x 24.5ins), framed and glazed (1)
£150-200
555* Continental School. Dutch still life of flowers and fruit, circa 1910, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower left ‘J Van M’, 47 x 55cm (18.5 x 21.75ins), period gilt frame, together with a pair of still life oil on canvas paintings of flowers in vases, circa 1910, unsigned, 35.5 x 55cm (14 x 21.5ins), gilt moulded frames, plus various oil paintings including Napoleon on horseback, circa 1880s, oil on tin, 27 x 35.5cm (10.5 x 14ins), period gilt moulded frame, etc
£150-200
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£200-300
556* Continental School. A southern French town, 20th century, oil on canvas, showing a Post-Impressionist impasto scene with trees, buildings and figures, unsigned, 51 x 61cm (20 x 24ins), framed (1)
559* Creswell (Alexander, 1957-). Holkham Hall, watercolour on paper, interior view, signed lower left, x 38 x 56cm (15 x 22ins), framed and glazed, Spink & Sons label to verso inscribed ‘Creswell, No.75, 1994’
£100-150
(1)
£200-300
557* Cook (William, active 1870-1890). Plymouth Coast, 1882, watercolour on paper, showing a rocky beach with figures, artist’s monogram and date lower left, 24.5 x 42cm (9.5 x 16.5ins), gilt moulded frame, glazed William Cook of Plymouth exhibited 1877-1879. (1)
£150-200
560* Creswell (Alexander, 1957-). Holkham Hall, watercolour on paper, interior view, signed lower left, 27.5 x 37cm (10.75 x 14.5ins), framed and glazed, Spink & Sons label to verso inscribed ‘Creswell, No.77, 1994’ (1)
561* Croft (Arthur, 1828-1893). Italian Lake Scene, 1881, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right, 20.5 x 62cm (8 x 24.25ins), framed and glazed, The Burford Gallery label to verso
558* Copley Fielding (Anthony Vandyke, 1787-1855). Mountainous Welsh Landscape, 1812, watercolour on paper, showing a thatched cottage with cattle by a lake, signed and dated lower right, 23 x 33cm (9 x 13ins) framed and glazed (1)
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% (Lots marked * 24% inclusive of VAT @ 20%)
£100-150
(1)
£200-300
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£100-150
564* Edwardes (May de Montravel, 1887-1967). Landscape at dusk on the Riviera, watercolour on paper, signed lower left, 12.5 x 17cm (4.92 x 6.69ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed Provenance: Collection of Anthony Fry (1927-2016). (1)
£70-100
565* English School. Sailing ships in stormy seas, late 19th century, pair of oil on canvas, each signed G.H.S, 15.5 x 20.5cm (6.25 x 8ins), in period ebonised frames, frame size 24 x 9cm (9.5 x 11.5ins) (2)
562* Cruikshank (George, 1792-1878). Sketch study of soldier standing with sword outstretched and of two male heads, pen & ink sketch on wove, signed lower margin, 19 x 15cm (7.5 x 6ins), framed and glazed, together with Neapolitan school, Portrait of a bearded fisherman in red hat, early 20th century, watercolour on wove head & shoulders portrait, indistinctly signed lower right, 25 x 16cm (10 x 6.5ins), framed and glazed, with Hargitt (Edward, 18351895, attrib.), St. Catherine’s Point, Isle of Wight, monotone watercolour on wove, unsigned, some spotting, 15 x 23.5cm (6 x 9.25ins), framed and glazed, plus Pinotti (G., late 19th century), Coastal scene in southern Italy, watercolour on wove, signed lower left, 22 x 33cm (8.75 x 13ins) (4)
£100-150
£100-200
566* Folland (Ronald, 1932-1999). ‘St James’ Strollers’, circa 1970s, oil on canvas, showing Big Ben in the distance, signed lower left, 61 x 74cm (24 x 29.25ins), framed, Bell Punch Co Ltd label to verso, together with “The Village Stream”, circa 1970s, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 63.5 x 87cm (25 x 34.25ins), framed, Bell Punch Co Ltd label to verso (2)
563* Davies (Roland, 1904-1993). Clipper under full sail, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 71.5 x 91cm (28.25 x 35.75ins), framed (1)
£200-300
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£100-150
568* Gentleman (David). Panorama of London, late 20th century, colour photolithographic stylised panorama of London 48.5 x 83.5cms (19 x 33 inches), framed and glazed with numbered key plate on verso of frame (1)
£70-100
569* Glastonbury, 19th century “scrap album” compiled by Sir Ernest Jardine Bt (1859-1947) of Glastonbury, including newspaper cuttings from the 18th century and a watercolour of Glastonbury Tower dated 1804, Victorian photographs including an albumen photograph of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, etc, contained in a green leather cloth album with gold block initials ‘E.J.’ and library plate of Sir Ernest Jardine Bt, a collection of 19th century engravings mostly topographical and architectural including Eagle Tower, Carnarvon Castle by George Cuitt, 1812, image size 29 x 24cm (11.5x 9.5ins), A House in Watergate Street, House in Foregate Street plus 8 more, Yorkshire and Cheshire, etc, by the same artist plus various loose engravings, photographs and prints including David Roberts, South West Prospect of the City of Lincoln, image size 16 x 33cm, WWI engravings, St Albans Historical and Picturesque book by Charles H. Ashdown, 1893, etc (a carton)
£200-300
567* Foweraker (Arthur Moulton, 1873-1942). Evening: Top of Antequera, & The Convent, Antequera, Andalusia, Southern Spain, a pair of fine watercolours, each signed lower right, 34 x 24cm (13.5 x 9.5ins), matching period frames, glazed
570* Goodwin (Albert, 1845-1932). ‘On the Lyd Devon’, circa 1920s, watercolour on paper, showing a wooded riverbank, signed and dated lower left, some scuffing to the paper, 37 x 58cm (14.5 x 22.75ins), framed and glazed
(2)
(1)
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£300-500
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£150-200
573* Hanceri (Dennis John, 1928-). Vessel under full sail Vessel under full sail with merchant ship in the distance, watercolour on paper, signed lower right, 18 x 25.5cm, framed and glazed Provenance: The Ladygate Gallery, East Yorkshire with biographical information. (1) £70-100
571* Gurschner (Herbert, 1901-1975). A collection of 12 uncoloured woodcuts of Tyrolean landscapes with figures in the snow, church processions, an ex libris for Louis Golding, and a woodcut version of the artist’s painting The Judas Kiss of 192612 uncoloured woodcuts on handmade paper, the largest sheet size 20.5 x 22.5cm (8.2 x 9ins), the smallest sheet size 13 x 12.5cm (5.2 x 5ins) Provenance: The artist’s estate, thence by descent to the present owner. (12) £150-200
572* Halliday (Charlotte, 1935-). Buckingham Palace at Christmas, 1986, pen and watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower left, 32 x 43cm (12.5 x 17ins), framed and glazed, Bankside Gallery and Artists label to verso (1)
574* Hardy (Norman Hayward, 1842-1933). Havannah Harbour Rathmoy, New Hebrides, watercolour on paper, showing a landscape with trees and water in the background, inscribed in pencil with the location in the margin, signed lower right, 25.5 x 19.5cm, framed and glazed, some spotting
£70-100
An original illustration from the artists book ‘The Savage South Seas’ (page 180). (1) £300-500
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578* Hill (Justus, active 1879-1898). River Thames Landscape, watercolour on paper, signed lower left, 16 x 27cm (6.25 x 10.5ins), gilt moulded frame, glazed together with Wimperis (Edmund Morison, 1835-1900). Moorland landscape, watercolour on paper, signed lower right, mount aperture, 16.5 x 34cm (6.5 x 13.5ins), period gilt moulded frame plus Bruhl (Louis Burleigh, 1861-1942). Coastal scene, watercolour on paper 15 x 22.5cm (6 x 8.75ins), framed and glazed, plus a 19th Century watercolour view, captioned on the Lowther, 1837 attributed to Peter De Wint (4)
£100-200
575* Harrington (Charles, 1865-1943). ‘Autumn, Sussex’, watercolour on paper, showing a wooded landscape, signed lower left, 37.5 x 54.5cm (14.75 x 21.5ins), framed and glazed, Charles Bowlby Fine Art Watercolours label to verso (1)
£70-100
576* Hayes (Claude, 1852-1922). Shepherd and Flock, watercolour on paper, signed lower left, 23.5 x 34cm (9.25 x 13.5ins), framed and glazed, together with a collection of framed and glazed watercolours including Muirhead (David, 1867-1930). Sailing boat in a port, 1920, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right, 25 x 39cm (10 x 15.25ins), plus seascapes, marine, landscapes, etc (15)
579* Saulin (Berthe, 19th century). Pair of still life of fruit and birds, 1875 and 1876, 22 x 29.5cm (8.5 x 11.5ins), framed and glazed, together with a mixed collection of artwork and textiles including an oil painting by Rosalind Sharples of chickens, 2004, a drawing by Gerait Davies, landscape oil on board by Barbara Mackenzie Smith, oriental textiles etc
£200-300
Provenance: Collection of Anthony Fry (1927-2016) (30)
£200-300
577* Hayes (Claude, 1852-1922). Rural landscape, watercolour on paper, showing a hay cart, signed lower left, 22 x 27.5cm (8.75 x 10.75ins) together with Attributed to Claude Hayes (1852-1922). At the Crossroads, watercolour on paper, showing figure on horseback with secondary horse, unsigned, framed and glazed, 34 x 49.5cm (13.25 x 19.5ins) (2)
£150-200
580* Jelfs (Howard, 20th/21st Century). Yellow Tail, 1998, monoprint, signed and dated lower right, plate size, 75 x 57cm (29.5 x 22.5ins), together with Jarvis (David, 20/21st Century). Waterways I, mixed media lithograph, titled lower left, signed lower, signed lower right, 63 x 45cm (24.75 x 17.75ins), plus another by the same artist, Vesuvian, all framed and glazed
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581* Jereczek (Christian, 1935-2003). Menton Harbour, France, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 61 x 91.5cm (24 x 36ins) (1)
£150-200
583* Kotsonis (Georgos, 1940-). “Leda and the Swan”, colour print, pencil signature lower right, image size, 45 x 55cm (17.75 x 21.75ins), framed and glazed, together with 4 further prints by the same artist comprising Paris & Helen, 1988, Amphitride [sic], 2004, Nude, 1990, Helen of Troy, 1998 (5)
582* Johnson (Ben, 1946-). Pavilion, Seville, 1992, colour print, signed and dated lower right, titled and numbered 50/100, plate size 85 x 57mm (33.5 x 22.5ins), sheet size 1020 x 735mm, 40.5 x 29 ins, framed and glazed, together with a mixed collection of artwork including Phil Greenwood, Daisy, mixed method, Mallinson, mixed method, Rydel Water, a pair of Russian watercolours by Rinsky Kosakov? and other items, all framed and glazed (8)
£200-300
584* Lamb (Elspeth, 1951-). Milagro, 1990, colour screenprint, signed and dated, titled, and numbered 21/30, sheet size 1070 x 765mm (42.2 x 30.2ins), framed and glazed, with Glasgow Print Studio Gallery label to verso, together with another by the same artist titled Oaxacon Milaro, numbered 41/60, plus an abstract print, all framed and glazed
£150-200
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585* Lodge (George Edward, 1860-1954). Golden Eagle on a rocky outcrop, pencil sketch on pale brown paper, unsigned, mountstained, sheet size 26.5 x 38cm (10.5 x 15ins), mounted, with artist’s name and dates to lower margin (1)
£80-120
588* Marrow (Anna, 20th/21st century). Funky Town, screen print, abstract work, 101.5 x 69.5cm (40 x 27.25ins), unframed, together with two abstract mixed media including “Beyond Desire” 1989, artist’s proof number 2/12, both framed and glazed
586* London. Old London Bridge in the 1600s, pen & black ink on paper, heightened with white, believed to be by Thomas Cole (18011848), image size 17 x 25.8cm (6.7 x 10.2ins), with margins, signed T. Cole lower right, laid down on card, old frame, glazed
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£100-150
Thomas Cole worked as an engraver’s apprentice in Liverpool in 1817, before leaving for America. He returned to England in 1829, and for the next two years attempted to establish himself as an engraver without success. (1) £150-200
587* London. Battersea Church, late 18th century, pen and ink drawing, showing a view from Chelsea Embankment, 19.5 x 34.5cm (7.5 x 13.5ins), framed and glazed, together with a humorous pen and ink drawing on paper showing a Prussian officer and a Viking, indistinctly signed C. Conney?, 24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.25ins), framed and glazed (2)
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589 Mason (George Finch, 1850-1915). Five Minutes with the Best Authors, The Mighty Atom, watercolour and bodycolour on card, signed lower left, titled lower right, remnants of tape verso, 26 x 36cm (1)
£150-200
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590* Middleton (John, 1827-1856). Clovelly, North Devon, 1850, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower left, 47 x 33cm (18.5 x 13ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed Phillips, Fine English Drawings, Watercolours & Portrait Miniatures, London 22 April 1991 (lot 258), ÂŁ9007 hammer price. Youngest and last important member of the Norwich School, John Middleton was taught by John Berney Ladbrooke and Joseph Stannard. He died from consumption at the age just 29. (1) ÂŁ1000-1500
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591* Military. Hall (Augustus), The Camp at Chobham, taken immediately after the arrival of the Troops, June 14th 1853 [and] The Review at Chobham, the Troops passing before her Majesty, June 21st 1853, published Stannard & Dixon, July 11th 1853, pair of lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, some dust soiling and staining largely confined to margins, each approximately 320 x 475mm, framed and glazed (2)
£70-100
593* Millington-Drake (Teddy, 1935-1994). Still life of flowers, 1979, charcoal and watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower left 48.5 x 34.5cm (19.25 x 13.5ins), framed and glazed (1)
£150-200
592* Millington-Drake (Teddy, 1935-1994). “The Gateway to Akbar’s tomb at Sikandra”, circa 1970s, charcoal and watercolour on paper, titled lower left, signed lower right, 48 x 68cm (19 x 26.75ins), framed and glazed (1)
£200-300
594* Morris (Garman, active 1900-1930). Falmouth, watercolour on paper, view of the town from the water, titled lower left, signed lower right, 36.5 x 53.5cm (14.25 x 21ins), framed and glazed, some spotting (1)
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599* Ornithology. Study of pair of Little Egrets, June 11 1809, watercolour on wove, signed ‘Indori’(?) and dated lower right, 52 x 68.5cm (20.5 x 27ins), framed and glazed (1)
£50-80
595* Morris (Garman, active 1900-1930). On the East Coast, watercolour on paper, showing Thames sailing barges, monogram lower right, titled lower left, together with Bowers (Albert, 20th century). Naval vessel exiting harbour mole, circa 1930s, watercolour on paper, unsigned, 10.5 x 24cm (4.25 x 9.5ins), together with another by the same artist, fishing boat in stormy waters, signed lower right, both framed and glazed, plus a watercolour in the style of J. W. Carmichael (4)
£100-150
596* Moss (Michael, 1948-). In Saltram Park, acrylic on paper, signed lower left, 26 x 26cm (10.25 x 10.25ins), framed and glazed, with title inscribed to verso, together with Hill (Roger, 20th century), Bottles, ink and watercolour on paper, 30.5 x 46cm (12 x 18ins), framed and glazed, with artist’s typewritten title and address label to verso (2)
600* After Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520). Virgin with Infant Christ Blessing, 20th century black and white chalk drawing on thick wove paper, with pale brown all-over wash, 37 x 27cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), framed and glazed
£100-150
597* Nakayama (Takashi, 1893-1978). The Tea Chest Carrier, watercolour on paper, 32 x 16cm (12.5 x 6.25ins), framed and glazed (1)
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601* Roberts (J.M. ). Errors in the Age of Discovery: Flat Earth Theory No.1, mixed method, No.14/20, titled centre, signed lower right, plate size 60 x 90cm (23.5 x 35.5ins), framed and glazed, together with two engravings by M Petersham?, circa 1988, one titled Petersham Floodwater, plate size 61 x 48cm (24 x 19ins) the other Greenwich Evening No. 1/50, plate size 15 x 20cm (6 x 8ins), both framed and glazed
598* Newth (Michael). Two Times Two II, 1990, colour print, titled lower left, signed and dated lower right with Chinese 3 character mark printed in red, plus artist’s blind stamp, 54 x 48cm (21.25 x 19ins), framed and glazed, together with a mixed collection of abstract prints, including J Taylor and Brewster (5)
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602 Shop fitting designs. A sketchbook containing original pencil designs for shop fittings, show cases, enclosures, shop signs etc., produced by James M. Mair, complete shop fitter and show case maker of 220 (& 48-56) Albert Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, early 20th century, 18 leaves with 16 pages of detailed and finely executed pencil designs and drawings, pencil ownership to front pastedown and ink stamp to lower pastedown, original cloth, slim oblong 4to (20.3 x 30.3cm) (1)
604* Speicher (Eugene Edward, 1883-1962). ‘Canadian Landscape’, oil on canvas, signed, lower right, 45 x 57cm (17.75 x 22.5ins), framed, The Milch America American Art gallery label to verso (1)
£150-200
605* Spurrier (Mabel Annie, 1880- ). Dusk - Eton College, watercolour of the chapel at Eton College at dusk, signed lower edge, 37 x 30cm (14.5 x 11.75ins), decorative gilt moulded frame, caption label to verso, together with Ludlow, Shropshire, Timber framed buildings in Bridge Street, Ludlow, circa 1920s, oil on canvas, monogram J.E. lower left, 45.4 x 35.5cm (18 x 14ins), framed and glazed, plus other oil painting and watercolours, including a 19th century watercolour miniature portrait of a gentleman, and an oil on board landscape of Stockley’s Farm, near Oakhampton in the style of John Anthony Park
603* Sidney (Thomas, 19th/20th century). ‘The Quay Bosham’, watercolour on paper laid on board, signed and titled lower right, 25 x 35cm (9.75 x 13.75ins), together with another by the same artist titled “Off the Needles”, both unframed and in poor condition, plus a collection of unframed watercolours and children’s illustrations including Kate Greenaway style illustration of children by J. Allen, 18.5 x 22.5cm (7.25 x 8.75ins), 19th century watercolours of ruins signed H. Hofmann, 5 Hugh Casson prints of Highgate Cemetery, etc (15)
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606* Still life. A basket of fruit, 1885, oil on canvas, showing a basket of fruit on a bank, overspilling with greengages, apples, grapes, and strawberries, dated ‘85 and indistinctly signed lower left in red (Hays?), 60.5 x 50.5cm (24 x 19.75ins)
£100-150
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£500-800
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609* Syer (John, 1815-1885). Harlech Castle, with cows resting and distant view of Snowdon, watercolour, signed and dated 1878 lower right, 29 x 48cm (11.5 x 19ins), framed and glazed (1)
£150-200
607* Still-Lifes. A pair of still life studies of dead game, circa 1880, two large lithographs with contemporary hand colouring with indistinct printed signature (possibly French), slight spotting, 635 x 485mm, framed and glazed (2)
£100-200
608* Switzerland & Italy. Two albums of pencil and watercolour landscape studies in Switzerland and Italy, circa 1867-1869, the first album containing 22 pencil landscape views, including Gryon, Gsteig, Villars, Montreux, Sorrento, Capri, Vesuvius, Poschiavo, including 18 with partial hand-colouring, sheet size 22 x 30cm (8.7 x 11.75ins), together with a similar but smaller album containing 39 pencil landscape studies by the same hand, including several views of Lake Como, including Bellaggio, Terano in Lombardy, Largo Bianchi, Bernina, Glacier de Roseg, Pontresina, Schultz, Glacier de Morteratch, Pontresina, St. Moritz, Via Mala, and several views of Scarborough and Flamborough, etc., of which 31 are partially or fully-coloured, sheet size 15 x 23cm (6 x 9ins), both bound in original plum cloth, the first volume with leather spine, rubbed and some marks, oblong folio/8vo (2)
610 Tretchikoff (Vladimir Griegorov, 1913-2006). Pink Magnolia, colour reproduction print, printed by John Swain & Son Ltd., Barnet, signed in black ink, lower right, printed title ‘Pink Magnolia by Tretchikoff, in collection of Leslie Riggall London, England’ at foot, image size 91 x 44.5cm (35.75 x 17.5ins), sheet size 102 x 61cm (40 x 24ins), mounted (1)
£70-100
611* Attributed to Frederick Walker (1840-1897). Conversation’, pen and ink drawing on paper, showing two couples, unsigned, 11 x 16cm, mount aperture, framed and glazed (1)
£300-400
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612* Walsh (Alexander, 20th/21st century). Circular Seascape, salvaged wood, abstract, 68cm diameter (26.75ins), together with Ford (Peter, 1937-). Relic, 2007, collage on handmade paper, dated lower left and signed lower right, with artist red seal mark in the Chinese style, 91 x 56cm (35.75 x 22ins), framed and glazed, plus two further prints by Dominic Ferguson, Erosion Twelve, 1997, No. 6/12 and Jim Pattison, venus, monoprint, both framed and glazed (4)
£100-150
613* Watercolours & Artwork. A large collection of approximately 400 miscellaneous watercolours and other artwork, late 19th & 20th century, contained in three portfolios, including watercolour, gouache, pastel, pencil and pen & ink artworks, subjects include British and Continental landscapes and architecture, portraits, 1960s/70s theatre costume designs, still lifes etc., artists include Alan Dorian Clark, Pat Sharp, Henry Stokes, J.S. Chambers, Thomas Uwins, E. Archibald and a collection of approximately 100 various sketches and a few prints by John Lomer Thirtle (1899-1982), mostly pen & ink plus approximately 100 sketches, pen & ink drawings, pastels & watercolours by Frank Griffith (1889-1979) (3 portfolios)
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£200-300
615* Wilkinson (F.A., 20th century). Castle Santo Torne, Toledo, 1909, watercolour on paper, showing street scene, titled lower left, signed and dated lower right, 35.5 x 25cm (14 x 10ins), unframed, together with another similar by the same artist, plus a collection of unframed watercolours mostly late 19th/early 20th century, including two mid-19th century Naval watercolours showing soldiers and naval vessels, unsigned, 27.5 x 40cm (10.75 x15.75ins) laid onto card and with stains, plus a watercolour showing Ryde Pier, dated June 1878, 26 x 36.5cm (10.25 x 14.25ins) and 5 watercolours of Venice, Lannion and the harbour at Margherita, etc (17)
616* Wimperis (Edmund Morison, 1835-1900). A group of three Shetland Islands coastal scenes, 1925, watercolour on paper, two of Sullom Voe, and one of Lerwick Harbour, all identified, dated (11th & 12th August 1925) and signed in pen or pencil to lower margins, 20 x 30cm, framed and glazed
614* Attributed to Francis Wheatley (1747-1801). Figures outside a house, watercolour on paper, inscribed in pencil verso ‘Rough sketch by Wheatley R.A.’, 18 x 25.5cm (7 x 10ins), modern frame (1)
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£100-150
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CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Thursday 13 December
19TH & 20TH CENTURY ORIGINAL ART BY BRITISH ILLUSTRATORS
617* Ambler (Christopher Gifford (1886-1965)). A set of twentyfour original illustrations for Peter The Story of a Bull-Terrier, by N. & C. Gifford-Ambler, 24 illustrations (mostly coloured chalks, but also one watercolour and a pen & ink drawing), all tipped-in or mounted on paper or card, all captioned, and most signed or initialled, sheet size 24 x 19cm (9.5 x 7.5ins) and smaller, accompanied by a typescript of the story, 32ff., slim 4to, paper wrappers, and single leaf typed List of Drawings, all contained in original portfolio, worn, with title and artist’s name in ink on front
618* Appleton (Honor C., 1879-1951). “She was in an ecstasy of her own”, watercolour with traces of pencil on thick paper, depicting a young girl dressed in a ragged pink dress, with holes in her boots and stockings, dancing with abandon under falling rain drops, with musical notes surrounding her, and figures in the background, signed lower right, lightly toned (with faint brown offset line to upper and right hand edges), image size 20 x 15.5cm (8 x 6.25ins), captioned in pencil in the artist’s hand to lower margin beneath image, faint vertical crease to left hand blank margin, sheet size 29 x 25cm (11.5 x 9.75ins)
Christopher Gifford Ambler was born in Bradford in 1886. After leaving school he joined the Leeds Fireclay Company where he designed and modelled pottery. He took evening classes at Leeds School of Art, later moving to London and becoming a prolific illustrator. He worked for such periodicals as ‘The Champion’, ‘Nelson Lee Library’ and the ‘Boy’s Own Paper’, and specialised in the depiction of dogs and horses. Peter was evidently the artist’s own much-loved dog, and the tale is a touching “tribute to a lovable personality”. (a folder) £300-500
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Honor C. Appleton, well-known for her charming book illustrations of children, painted watercolours from an early age. As a young woman she attended the Art branch of the South Kensington Schools, and then Frank Calderon’s School of Animal Painting where she gained a scholarship. This was followed by a brief spell in the studio of Sir Arthur Cope, RA, after which she enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools in 1901. She loved her time at the Schools, and her sketch books from this time show influences of Mabel Lucie Attwell, Annie French, James McNeil Whistler, Anne Anderson and William Heath Robinson. In 1902 Honor’s career as a book illustrator was launched, and over the next forty years she illustrated over 150 children’s books. Honor is perhaps best known for her illustrations for Mrs. H.C. Cradock’s “Josephine” series, in which she captures the innocence and spirit of her subject. Her earlier works have a more ethereal quality, and a delicacy of colour, which is seen to full effect in the works offered here. (1) £300-500
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619* Appleton (Honor C., 1879-1951). “A boy lay upon the hillside”, watercolour with traces of pencil on thick paper, depicting a boy with wistful gaze lying on his front on a grassy cliff overlooking the sea, his cheek resting on his right hand, signed lower right, lightly toned, image size 20.5 x 16cm (8 x 6.25ins), captioned in pencil in the artist’s hand to lower margin beneath image, faint vertical crease to left hand blank margin, sheet size 29.5 x 25.5cm (11.75 x 10.25ins) (1)
£300-500
620* Appleton (Honor C., 1879-1951). “So, the fairy, is a white bird, Toby said to himself”, watercolour with traces of pencil on thick paper, depicting a boy in a cornfield gazing up at a white bird in flight, signed lower right, lightly toned (with faint brown offset line to upper and left hand edges), image size 20.5 x 15.5cm (8 x 6ins), titled in pencil in the artist’s hand to lower margin beneath image, and with additional caption “A white bird rose suddenly from the corn. Toby and the Fairy”, sheet size 28 x 22.5cm (11 x 9ins) (1)
£300-500
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621* Barks (Dora, early 20th century). A set of eight humorous illustrations, together eight pen, ink, & watercolour illustrations on card or artist’s board, one with card joined at left and right margins (not affecting image), depicting various comical scenes, with figures, animals and birds, and grotesque creatures, a couple pencilled on verso ‘Cricklum Crankums’, each signed lower left or lower right corner, some light spotting and toning, image size 19.5 x 29cm (7.5 x 11.5ins), sheet size 27.5 x 37cm (10.75 x 14.5ins), hinged mounts with acetate, each with nonsense verse in manuscript to label on verso The verse reads, for example: ‘He thought he saw a Yellow Cat/Bathing her sea-green eyes,/But when she turned into a hat/It caused him no surprise./”It always is the case,” he said, “When I wear spotted ties.”‘ Dora Barks illustrated a number of books for children published in the 1910s to 1920s, including some written by Ethel J. Barks, such as ‘The Meet of the Gay Gissyquacks’. (1) £200-300
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624* Birmingham (Christian, 1970-). Father Christmas with Lucy, Susan, Peter, and Mr. & Mrs. Beaver, 1998, chalk pastel, showing a snowy scene with Father Christmas in flowing robes with his arms round the shoulders of two girls, Lucy (on the left) holding a vial, and Susan holding a horn and bow, with Peter in front carrying a sword and shield, and two beavers, one wearing glasses, signed and dated lower right, 38 x 30.5cm (15 x 12ins), mounted, framed and glazed Original illustration for ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C.S. Lewis; executed for the fiftieth anniversary edition published by HarperCollins in 2000. Christian Birmingham graduated in illustration from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1991. He quickly gained his first commission, to provide illustrations for an edition of ‘The Night Before Christmas’, of which more than two million copies have been sold. He has been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler and Kate Greenaway illustration awards and he won both the Smarties Prize and Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award. Other books illustrated by the artist include: ‘A Christmas Carol’; ‘Oliver Twist’; ‘Sleeping Beauty’; and ‘Wenceslas and The Snow Queen’. Christian Birmingham’s use of chalk pastel gives a wonderful luminosity to the evocative festive images for which he is so well-known. (1) £800-1200
622* Belcher (George Frederick Arthur, 1875-1947). ‘Put me down at Edgware Rd, please’, ‘Do me best, mum - come out fighting at the next bell but me.’, black chalk on paper, signed lower right, sheet size 32 x 29.5cm (12.6 x 11.6ins), together with three other similar black chalk cartoons by Belcher, one depicting an encounter at a labour exchange, another between two farm workers, and the third a couple with a crying baby, each signed, sheet size 42 x 31.5cm (16.5 x 12.4ins) (4)
£300-400
625* Birmingham (Christian, 1970-). Aslan and the White Witch, 1998, chalk pastel, showing head and shoulders of a haughty-faced woman with scarlet lips, wearing a fur coat, a gold crown with numerous pinnacles, and rings on her fingers, next to the head of a majestic lion, signed and dated lower right, 17 x 25cm (6.75 x 9.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed Original illustration for ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C.S. Lewis; executed for the fiftieth anniversary edition published by HarperCollins in 2000. (1) £400-600
623* Benatar (Molly, fl.1919-1929). Original illustration for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, pen & ink on artist’s board, depicting Oberon bowing to Titania beside a tree, with a crescent moon in the sky, signed lower right, captioned in pencil to lower margin ‘The magic flower juice... “Ill met by moonlight proud Titania”‘, board bowed and lightly toned, sheet size 23 x 29.5cm (9.25 x 11.5ins), together with four small pen & ink drawings illustrating Ali Baba, a few small marks, image size 16.5 x 9cm (6.5 x 3.5ins) and smaller, each mounted
626* Birmingham (Christian, 1970-). Baby for Grace, 1997, chalk pastel, showing a small girl in a lace-edged pink dress cradling a dark-haired baby on her lap, with a truncated adult beside giving a steadying hand, signed and dated lower right, 27.5 x 56.5cm (10.75 x 22.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed
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628* Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916). Here we are on Tom Tickler’s ground/Picking up gold and silver!, pen & grey ink on paper, mounted on card, depicting a number of small girls in the countryside picking flowers, with goats and trees in the background, pencilled caption lower right, sheet size 17 x 13cm (6.75 x 5ins), together with two other small sketches by the same artist, one of a small girl cradling a dove, pencil and red ink on card, edges irregularly cut, sheet size 10.5 x 9.5cm (4.25 x 3.75ins), and the other of the Madonna and Child within an architectural setting, red ink and watercolour wash on card, with coloured paint blotches beneath, trimmed to top and left-hand edge (latter with 1” closed tear), sheet size 20 x 7cm (8 x 2.75ins), plus an autograph letter signed from Eleanore Vere Boyle to Sir William Boxall, dated Jany 16, saying that the letter would be delivered by her old friend Miss Battire, and asking if he received her Dream Book “it is the only book that I care about having done, because it is all my own no horrid copyist employed”, ending “I am far from well & long to leave this dark world for the perpetual sunshine of Cannes”, single bifolium, written on all four sides, with embossed heading ‘Hunterscombe, Maidenhead’, faintly spotted and creased, plus a folder of approximately 45 prints and engravings of illustrations by Boyle, many relating to Child’s Play, some spotted, some mounted, contained together in a green half morocco folder, lettered in gilt on upper cover ‘Child’s Play EVB’, rubbed, lacking ties, inscribed by the artist on front pastedown ‘William Bloxall Esqre. from EVB his grateful pupil Feby 1st 1852’ One of seventeen drawings Eleanore Vere Boyle executed for her first book ‘Child’s Play’, a compilation of nursery rhymes published in 1852. Considered one of the most important female illustrators of the mid 19th century, Boyle moved in artistic circles which included Charles Eastlake, Thomas Landseer, the Pre-Raphaelites and Sir William Boxall (1800-1879) who was an English painter and director of the National Gallery from 1866 to 1874. (a folder) £200-300
627* Blackmore (Katie, 1890-1957). Japanese lady carrying her child, gouache on card, signed lower right, 23 x 29.5cm (9 x 11.5ins), mounted, together with Nakayama (Tadashi, 1927-2014), Oriental lady with parasol, watercolour on paper, signed lower right, 33 x 16.5cm (13 x 6.5ins), mounted (2)
£200-300
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629* Brock (Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). Three illustrations for As You Like It by William Shakespeare, pencil on paper, each a sketch for a Shakespearean scene with various characters, unsigned, but each captioned in pencil to lower margin in the artist’s hand, some edge-fraying and spotting, one toned to upper margin, each 33 x 20cm (13 x 8ins), together with a quantity of other pencil sketches (and one or two pen & ink) for illustrative work by the Brock brothers, a few signed, including drapery studies, composition sketches, figure and animal studies, etc., some leaves with several small sketches, various sizes and condition The illustrations for ‘As You Like It’ bear the following captions: ‘Act II Sc. vii. Set down your venerable burden & let him feed’; ‘Act III Sc ii. There lay he stretched along like a wounded knight’; ‘Act IV Sc i. Will you, Orlando, have to write this Rosalind?’. We have been unable to trace any publication of ‘As You Like It’ illustrated by Henry Brock. (approx.50) £200-300
631* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). Four original illustrations for Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, published by J.M. Dent, 1908, together four pencil sketches on paper, each with a scene from Mansfield Park, a few small additional marginal sketches and small annotations in the artist’s hand, each with marginal pin holes and a few minor marks to edges, sheet size 33 x 20cm (13 x 8ins) Charles Brock’s delicate drawings for Dent’s edition of the works of Jane Austen are considered some of his finest work. These four sketches are untitled, but are clearly preparatory works for the following illustrations: ‘Dr. Grant himself went out with an umbrella’ (chapter 22); ‘“Good, gentle Fanny!”‘ (chapter 36); ‘“There! - much good may such fine relations do you.”‘ (chapter 46); ‘The joyful consent which met Edmund’s application’ (chapter 48). (4) £500-800
630* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). Poetry & Prose, 1915, pen & ink on paper, depicting a gentleman standing legs astride with his back to a fireplace, and a lady leaning on his arm, signed and dated lower right, titled to lower margin, 26.5 x 18.5cm (10.5 x 7.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed (1)
£100-150
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634* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938, and Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). An archive of original and printed material, comprising approximately 100 small pencil drawings on paper, including natural history subjects, costume and figure studies, drawings of furniture, animal studies, etc., approximately 18 x 12cm (7 x 4.5ins) and slightly smaller, together with three pages manuscript verse in Henry Brock’s hand, contained in an envelope addressed to H.M. Brock, Esq., Woodstock, Storey’s Way, Cambridge, plus a large number of printed matter, including a number of suites of prints for various works by the Brocks: books, periodicals, dustjackets, Christmas cards, etc., colour and black & white, e.g. Ben Hur, Jane Austen, Gulliver’s Travels, Leigh Hunt’s Essays, Nursery Rhymes, Oliver Twist, Fairy Tales, etc., many in envelopes addressed to the Brocks from the publishers, plus some correspondence from publishers, e.g. Nelson, Blackie, Macmillan 632* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). ‘Who can have sent them?’, 1904, pencil, pen & ink, and watercolour on paper, depicting a maid presenting a bunch of flowers to a shy young lady seated sewing in a parlour, with an elderly lady reading beside, signed and dated lower left, captioned in pencil lower right, a few marginal pin holes and light creases, 22 x 28.5cm (9 x 11.25ins), together with a quantity of other sketches for illustrative work by the Brock brothers, mostly pencil drawings (but one or two pen & ink), including figure and head studies, composition sketches, drapery studies, children and animals, etc., some leaves with several small sketches, various sizes and condition (approx.50)
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635* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). Original illustration for Essays, by Charles Lamb, pen, ink, and watercolour, showing a family group in a cosy interior, with a gentleman sitting in an armchair, a young lady sitting beside reading a book, and a girl and a boy seated on the floor, with pencil note to verso ‘Spenser Press Lamb’s Essays’, 27 x 18.5cm (10.75 x 7.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed, with pencil note on backboard ‘Charles Lamb’s Essays of Elia Spenser Press 1910’ We can find no evidence of an edition of Lamb published by The Spenser Press, although Charles Brock did illustrations for various editions of Lamb’s ‘Essays’ published by J.M. Dent in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1929. (1) £200-300
£200-300
633* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). Stern Critics, pencil on paper, depicting a pretty young lady in jodhpurs leading a large horse in harness and carrying a whip, with two elderly women at a cottage door surveying her from behind, titled lower left, verso with several small pencil sketches of figures, pin holes to margins, 33 x 20cm (13 x 8ins), together with a quantity of other sketches for illustrative work by the Brock brothers, mostly pencil but one or two pen & ink, including composition sketches, figure and animal studies, drapery studies, etc., some leaves with several small sketches, various sizes and condition (approx.50)
£300-500
£200-300
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636* Brockway (Harry, 1957-). Essays, Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral, by Francis Bacon, Folio Society, 2002, series of 38 wood engravings, each signed, dated ‘02, individually titled and numbered 3/50, sheet size 17.7 x 15.3cm (7 x 6.1ins), loose, plus 3 autograph letters from the artist to the owner regarding the prints, a handwritten invoice, and a typewritten reply from the owner (38)
638* Carter (Evelyn, early 20th century). A small archive of drawings, approximately 20 drawings, mostly pen & ink on card or artist’s board, but also some in watercolour, gouache, and pastel, comprising illustrations for children’s books (e.g. A Princess in Tatters, The Twins of Castle Charming, and The Darling of the School, all by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham, and Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott), landscapes, and a still life, generally toned and some stained, a few rubbed, a number signed and dated (1922-1925), some with artist’s address in her hand (444 King’s Road, SW10), sheet size 38 x 28cm (15 x 11ins) and smaller
£150-200
Although Evelyn Carter appears to have been a book illustrator we have been unable to trace her or identify her with any published works. (a folder) £100-150
639* Children seated on a bench, mid 20th century, pencil and watercolour, showing the back view of six Edwardian children of varying sizes seated on a wooden bench, their legs dangling, with a peg doll on one end, and a dog sitting on the ground at one end, 23.5 x 35cm (9.25 x 15ins), framed and glazed
637* Browne (Thomas Arthur, 1872-1910). The Jockey, pen & black ink, with brown and grey wash on paper, heightened with touches of white bodycolour, signed upper right, 34.5 x 25.5cm (13.5 x 10ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed (1)
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641* Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, ‘Lewis Carroll’ ). A set of handdrawn doilies illustrated with characters and scenes from Alice in Wonderland after John Tenniel, early 20th century, together ten circular doilies, pen & ink on cream cotton, depicting Alice, the white rabbit, the Mad hatter, the gryphon and mock turtle, the dodo, the caterpillar, etc., edged with lace, somewhat toned and spotted, overall diameter approximately 19cm (7.5ins), together with a set of six hand-drawn square satin doilies, pen & ink, two of dogs, two of mounted horsemen, one of a mouse, and one of a duck, a few fox spots, fringed edge, 18.5 x 18.5cm (7.25 x 7.25ins), plus five hand-painted square silk doilies, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, each depicting a scene with courting couple, with pen & ink humorous text in French below, fringed edge, toned and stained, some marginal insect damage, 18 x 18cm (7 x 7ins) An unusual hand-drawn set of ‘Alice’ doilies by an accomplished hand. (21) £200-300
642* [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, ‘Lewis Carroll’]. A medley of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass characters after John Tenniel, by Ellen Whitehead, [1886], circular etching, showing a collection of named characters, including Alice, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Lobster, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, etc., toned and a few fox spots, diameter 21cm (8.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed A rare piece of Carrolliana; we know of only one other copy sold at auction (2017: Thomas Schuster Collection). The etching was used to advertise an operetta by Henry Savile Clarke, with music by Walter Slaughter, entitled ‘Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Dream Play’, which was performed at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre in 1886: ‘Shortly before the production of the play, a Miss Whitehead had drawn a very clever medley-picture, in which nearly all Tenniel’s wonderful creations - the Dormouse, the White Knight, the Mad Hatter, &c. - appeared. This design was most useful as a “poster” to advertise the play.’ The production was both a critical and financial success, and went on to tour the provinces. (Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, T. Fisher Unwin, [1898], p.254) (1) £800-1200
640* Coram (Robert, S. E., ‘Maroc’, 1900-circa 1980s). A group of five original wartime cartoons in pencil by ‘Maroc’, including one with grey wash, drawn for Liliput Magazine in March-December 1942, each signed, and four marked in blue pencil with a date, sheet size 26.5 x 20.5cm (10.5 x 8ins), or similar, together with two typed letters from Robert Coram to Miss Webb of Liliput Magazine dated July 30th and August 30th 1945, plus a typed letter from Kaye Webb of Liliput Magazine to Robert Coram, dated 29th August 1945, relating to the drawings (8)
£70-100
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Lot 642 643 Du Maurier (George, 1834-1896). Emancipation!, 1891, pencil, pen and brown ink and wash on wove paper, image size 13 x 19cm, signed ‘Du Maurier’ lower left, lower margin additionally signed and dated ‘G du Maurier, Hampstead, Nov 91’ and with title and three-line caption in author’s holograph, a few spots in image, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 21 x 21cm, old manuscript label to verso Du Maurier’s caption reads: ‘Young bride of three hours standing / just starting on her wedding trip / - “Oh Edwin dear! Here’s ‘Tom Jones!’ Papa told me I wasn’t to read it till I was married! The day has come ... at last! buy it for me, Edwin dear!”‘. Provenance: old manuscript label to back board, ‘No 66 Original Punch drawing by du Maurier, a present from Mrs du Maurier’. (1) £200-300
644* Embroidered map. Europe by Mary Ann Wheeler, 1818, embroidered map of Europe, decorative cartouche and compass rose, some water staining, toned overall, one small tear affecting image, 450 x 555mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
£70-100
645* Fitzpatrick (G., early 20th century). Sinbad the Sailor, 1910, oil on board, depicting a group of mariners in loin cloths and turbans aboard a sailing boat, signed in red lower right, ‘G. Fitzpatrick, 1910, London’, 26 x 20cm (10.25 x 7.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed (1)
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£80-120
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646* Furnival (William Cavanagh, 1884-1966). F.A. Cup, Fourth Round, 1948, two original pen & black ink cartoons, featuring Blackpool v Chester and Blackpool v Chelsea, featuring Stan Mortensen and Stanley Matthews, each 25.5 x 32cm (10 x 12.5ins) mounted as one, framed and glazed, together with a set of four pen and black ink copies by J.C. Christopher, after Robert Cruikshank’s Bell’s Life in London series, 1831, (including Fancy Sketches, Human Miseries, Dramatic Illustrations), two sheets with extensive handwritten captions in brown ink, each 30.5 x 19cm (12 x 7.5ins), matching black and gilt frames, glazed (5)
£100-150
647* Gooden (Stephen, 1892-1955). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1940, the complete set of eight signed proofs of the copper engravings used in the illustrated edition, each signed in pencil, and dated 1940 or 1941, comprising four full-page designs and four smaller head- and tail-pieces, the four larger illustrations inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘To G.S.H.’, plate size 15 x 10cm (6 x 4ins), framed and glazed together, plate size for the smaller illustrations 5.5 x 7cm (2.25 x 2.75ins), each individually framed and glazed, together with a copy of the published book, issued in a limited edition of 125 copies, signed by the artist, this copy numbered 41 (6)
£1000-1500
648* Hallward (Patience Mary, 1892-1981). A set of original illustrations for The Toad King’s Coronation, 1953, approximately 30 black crayon and watercolour illustrations on tracing paper, including title and dedication leaf, most leaves consisting of manuscript text and one or more mounted illustrations tipped-in at corners with adhesive fabric tape, depicting a variety of anthropomorphic animals and birds, together with several other similar leaves uncoloured, some annotations by the artist, toned, a little creased and edge-frayed in places, overall sheet size 38 x 28cm (15 x 11ins) and a few smaller, loosely contained in a brown paper cover, with pencilled title on front Patience Mary Hallward was the daughter of stained glass designer Reginald Hallward and his artist wife Adelaide Bloxham. One of her sisters, Patricia Mary, also trained as an artist. We can find no evidence that this story was ever published. (a folder) £100-150
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649* Kincaid (Eric, 20th century). “Alice”, circa 1988, pencil and watercolour on paper, two images on one sheet each signed beneath 24 x 7.5cm (9.5 x 3ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed, together with two framed costume studies for the White Rabbit, and King and Queen of Hearts, from Wilfred Joseph’s children’s opera Alice in Wonderland at Harrogate Theatre, 1990, pen, ink and watercolour studies on paper, and two others (5)
652* Michell (Keith, born 1928). The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, ink and watercolour, signed lower left, 35.5 x 50.5cm (14 x 19.75ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed (1)
£70-100
£70-100
653* Paterson (A.S., early 20th century). Original illustration for The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, watercolour, depicting the back of a dark-skinned man wearing a green loincloth and a yellow scarf on his head, pulling in a fishing net from the shore, signed lower left, with calligraphic caption in black and green ink below, some light spotting, 44.5 x 30cm (17.5 x 11.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed
650* Lee (Debbie, 20th century). Breakfast with the Duchess, 2001, acrylic on paper, 42 x 60cm (16.5 x 23.5ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed, Boundary Gallery label to verso, together with “The Caucus Race”, 1995, colour print, titled, signed and numbered in pencil at foot, 16.5 x 15cm (6.5 x 6ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed, limited edition 4/20 £100-150
Captioned: “And that inverted Bowl we call the Sky,/Whereunder crawling coopt we live and die,/Lift not they hands to it for help - for It/Rolls impotently on as Thou or I.” (1) £100-150
651* McGill (Donald Fraser Gould, 1875-1962). “I haven’t got much to crow about, but, dammit, here goes!”, watercolour and gouache on board, showing a cockerel crowing, signed lower left, a little dusty with a couple of minor marks, sheet size 23.7 x 17.6cm (9.25 x 7ins), mounted with nine related McGill postcards, framed and glazed, together with the postcard for which the original artwork was executed
654* Quayle (Betty, early 20th century). The Little Gardener, pen, ink, & watercolour, with traces of pencil, depicting a determinedfaced pig-tailed girl in Tudor costume and wide-brimmed hat, carrying a garden fork, with sunflowers, potted plants, a row of three snails, a watering can and a spade, a dovecot, and a picket fence, signed lower right, 21.5 x 14cm (8.5 x 5.5ins), mounted, framed and glazed
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655* Ryan (John, 1925-1992). Captain Pugwash, circa 1965, pen and ink drawing with overlay, the margin inscribed ‘Original drawing for “Radio Times” signed and dated lower right, plate size 13.5 x 11.5cm (5.25 x 4.5ins), framed and glazed (1)
£70-100
657* Tenniel (John, 1820-1914). A set of eight wood-engravings from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the LookingGlass, [Rocket Press for Macmillan, 1988], the largest 13 x 11cm (5 X 4.5ins), framed and glazed Limited edition of 250. Most captioned with Sally Hunter Fine Art labels to verso. The original 91 woodblocks (barring Alice and the Dodo plate) engraved by the Dalziel Brothers after Tenniel were rediscovered in a bank vault in 1984, and a set of 250 restrikes were printed from these blocks by Jonathan Stephenson at the Rocket Press in 1988. (8) £200-300
658* Wacik (Franz, 1883-1938). Munchhausen, 1913, colour lithograph on wove paper, published by the Vereinigung Bildender Kuenstler Wiener Secession, with their embossed stamp to centre of lower margin, image size 39.2 x 29.5cm (15.5 x 11.6ins), mounted (1)
659* Webb (Phyllis E., active 1920s-30s). A collection of 23 colour and monochrome woodcuts, linocuts and pen & ink drawings by Phyllis E. Webb and another unidentified artist with the initials D.E.W., circa 1925-30, including two pen and black ink illustrations by Phyllis E. Webb, one entitled ‘At the Sea-side’, the other entitled ‘They played French cricket in the long meadow’, several woodcut landscapes and marine subjects by D.E.W., a few signed, including one dated 1927, etc., mostly small format, image size 15 x 12.5cm (6 x 5ins) and smaller, together with a small collection of news cuttings and articles relating to the potters Bernard Leach and Michael Cardew
656* Sherriffs (Robert Stewart, 1906-1960). My Goodness, My Government! circa 1950-60, pen and black ink with grey wash on Hayle handmade paper, signed upper right, sheet size 28.5 x 31 cm (11.25 x 12.2ins), together with eight other original political cartoons by Sherriffs, most signed, some captioned, sheet size 28.5 x 38.5cm (11.25 x 15.2ins), and slightly smaller, plus 17 original pen, brown ink and wash caricature portraits of George Weidenfield, Victor Gollancz, Lovat Dickinson, John Murray, William Plomer, Sir Allen Lane, Elizabeth Jennings, most signed (30)
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£70-100
Phyllis E. Webb was a children’s book illustrator, who lived in Worcester, and provided illustrations for Cecily M. Rutley’s Games for Children (1928), Doris A. Pocock’s The Wide Ways [1932]. (a folder) £70-100
£200-300
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ANTIQUARIAN JUVENILE BOOKS 660 Chapbook. The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk, Embellished with neat Engravings on Wood, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, circa 1829, 36 pages, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, 10 wood-engravings to text, first few leaves very lightly spotted, and with brown mark near tail of gutter, original printed wrappers, lightly marked and dust-soiled, spine somewhat worn, slim 8vo Osborne page 32. Our copy agrees with the Olive & Boyd example listed, except ours is neither dated nor hand-coloured. In addition our copy is slightly larger: 13.9 x 9.1cm as opposed to 13.3 x 8cm as listed. (1) £100-150
662 Darton (William, publisher). The History of a Goldfinch: addressed to those Children, who are Dutiful to their parents, and Humane to their Fellow Creatures, 1st edition, 1805, three copper engraved plates (with faint marginal damp-staining), including frontispiece, all coloured (or partially coloured) by an early juvenile hand, lacking A1 (blank or half-title?), title-page with early ownership name at head, toned and some fox spots, close-trimmed (clipping text in places, and with the occasional loss of a letter), modern buckram, with gilt lettered leather label on front cover, 12mo in 6s. (Apparently unrecorded first edition of this title, which appeared in various guises during the first half of the 19th century. All editions appear to be scarce. The earliest copy on COPAC is that held by Oxford University, undated but with the plates dated 1823. The earliest edition in Lawrence Darton’s check-list was published in 1806 by W. and T. Darton (see H705[I]). This 1806 copy also lacks A1, but has slight differences in title and engravings to ours. Osborne lists an 1807 copy (p.259) and states that the book was first published in 1806. The last copy we have traced at auction was sold in 1991 (1823 edition)), together with Newbery (J., pub.), Letters On the most common, as well as important, Occasions in Life, by Cicero, Pliny, Voiture... and Other Writers of distinguish’d Merit; With many Original Letters and Cards, by the Editor. Who has also prefix’d, A Dissertation on the Epistolary Stile [sic]; With proper Directions for addressing Persons of Rank and Eminence. For the Use of young Gentlemen and Ladies, 1st edition, 1756, title-page toned and becoming detached, text block close-trimmed to fore-edge (but no loss of text), bookplate of Dudley Wilson on rear pastedown (rubbed with loss), red edges, mid 19th century dark green half morocco, rubbed, slight wear at head of spine, 16mo in 8s
661 Darton and Co., publisher. The Criminal Punishments of the Chinese, Drawn on Stone by Percy Cruikshank, from Original Drawings by Yoeequa, a Chinese Artist, [1858], six hand-coloured lithographed plates, some light spotting and dust-soiling, original printed wrappers, minor edge-fraying, mainly to rear cover and spine ends, front cover with small loss to lower corner, oblong 8vo A scarce copy of an unusual publication for the Darton family, who were particularly known for their children’s books. (1) £200-300
ESTC T53410; Osborne, p.133 (1757 edition); Roscoe J266. Rare. Only two locations for the first edition listed on COPAC (British Library, National Library of Scotland). Not in Gumuchian. The only copies we have traced at auction in the last thirty-five years have been the 1787 reprint. Prior to that there are two auction records in the 1970s for editions of 1757 and 1764. The verso of the title-page reads: To the Parents, Guardians, and Governesses in Great Britain and Ireland, this Collection of Letters Is humbly inscrib’d by Their most obedient Servant, John Newbery’. (2) £200-300
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664 Fenelon (Francois de Salignac de la Mothe). Little Tales, 4 volumes, 6th edition, Guben, Germany: F. Fechner, and London: A. & J. Myers, circa 1850s, eight hand-coloured lithographed plates, including frontispieces, each title with blind-embossed bookseller’s stamp from Guben, scarce light spotting, similarly bound in original gilt patterned paper boards, each with embossed floral motif onlaid in centre of upper cover, some joints and spine ends lightly rubbed, rear joint of volume 3 slightly splitting at tail, contained together in original decorative cardboard box (worn), lid (two corners split) with remnants of embossed decoration and wording ‘The Lilliputian Library’, 71 x 102 x 26mm (2.75 x 4 x 1ins) See Welsh 2799 and 2800. Not in Osborne or Gumuchian. Ours agrees with the Bodleian Library’s copy, although their description does not state edition. Volume 1 contains ‘Story of Flora’, ‘The Ape’, ‘The Two Mice’; volume 2 ‘Alibée, ‘The Young Princes’, ‘The Bee and the Fly’; volume 3 ‘A Journey to Fairyland’, ‘The Story of an Old Queen and a Young Peasant’; volume 4 ‘The Island of Delight’, ‘The Cat and the Rabbits’, ‘The Meeting of the Animals to Choose a King’. A rare survival. (1) £80-120
663 Darton (William & Son pub.). The Consequences of a Lie. Founded on Recent Facts. By Marianne Neville. With Copper Plates, 1st edition, circa 1832, three copper engraved plates, including frontispiece, a few spots, bound with The Yellow ShoeStrings; or, the Good Effects of Obedience to Parents, [by James Pedder], circa 1830, pp.72, three copper engraved plates, closetrimmed and with early juvenile colouring, frontispiece becoming detached (affecting printed caption at gutter), some minor marginal-staining and spotting, and Rosetta’s Birth-Day; Written For the Entertainment and Instruction of Little Girls, circa 1830, three copper engraved plates, with early juvenile colouring, some minor marks and offsetting, and five other children’s books similar, front free endpaper with contemporary ownership signature dated 1835, stitching strained and contents shaken, contemporary red roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, corners showing, 12mo in 6s
665 Harris (Joel Chandler). Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, 1st edition, 3rd issue, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881, ink authorial signature dated 1881 to blank reverse of wood engraved frontispiece, portrait vignette to title, wood engraved plates & illustrations, publisher’s advertisements at rear, generally lightly toned, pale waterstain to gutter of frontispiece and title, printed butterfly pattern endpapers, with remnants of pencilled ownership name to front pastedown, front hinge strengthened, original pictorial green cloth gilt, with gilt and black design to front cover, rubbed to extremities, rear joint neatly strengthened, 8vo
Darton H1141; H1202 (ours not conforming to any of the three editions listed); H1503(3). The other five titles are: James Talbot, or, The Importance of Recollecting, C.J.G. & P. Rivington, 1831; Little William. A Narrative of Facts, Dublin, Religious Tract and Book Society for Ireland, 1833; An Evening at Home, or, A Holiday Present, 4th edition, Birmingham, Benjamin Hudson, 1827; My Father’s House, by Jane Elizabeth Holmes, William Darton and Son, circa 1830s; The Little Dog Trusty, The Cherry Orchard, and the Orange Man, Tales Selected from the Early Lessons by Maria Edgeworth. For the Use of Village Schools, &c., Baldwin and Cradock, 1834. (1) £200-300
With the word “presumptuous” in the last line on p.9 and this title mentioned in the advertisements. Copies of ‘Uncle Remus’ with the author’s signature are rare. (1) £200-300
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666 Kipling (Rudyard). The Indian Railway Library, 1st UK editions except Soldiers Three (stated 4th edition, i.e. 2nd UK edition), Allahabad & London: A. H. Wheeler & Co., & Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ld., 1890, 6 works in 1 volume, comprising: Soldiers Three; The Story of the Gadsbys; In Black and White; Under the Deodars; The Phantom Rickshaw; and Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories; original wrappers bound in, advertisement leaves to Soldiers Three (repaired), The Story of the Gadsbys and Wee Willie Winkie, repaired closed tear to final text leaf of In Black and White, a few marks, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front wrappers and a few title pages, 20th century red crushed half morocco, richly gilt spine, a little rubbing to joints and extremities, 8vo
667 Marryat (Captain Frederick). The Children of the New Forest, 2 volumes, 1st edition, H. Hurst, [1847], early issue, bound partly from the parts (Part I all published?), twelve steel-engraved plates (including frontispieces), one plate detached and one edge-frayed and repaired (with partial loss at one corner), half-titles present (that to volume 1 misbound following title), title-pages printed in red and green, 4pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear of volume 2, some openings and plates of first volume with stab holes at gutter, scattered spotting, and some dust-soiling, O1 of volume 2 with lower blank corner missing, endpapers renewed, rough-trimmed, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, recased and rebacked, preserving original spines, large 12mo in 6s
668 [Martin, Sarah Catherine]. The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, 1st edition, London: J. Harris, June 1, 1805, 16 engraved unnumbered leaves, with 15 engraved illustrations (including title), dedication leaf with engraved text and ending ‘Dedicated by his Humble Servent SMC 1805’, title torn to upper outer corner, illustration to title and three others with juvenile colouring, Sempstress leaf with old repair to long closed tear, margins frayed and few other tears (particularly to final leaf), some dust-soiling and marks, side stitched as issued, original printed buff paper wrappers (upper cover dated 1806) with old black paper spine, worn and soiled, covers detached, ownership signature of Edward Davidson 1812 to front pastedown, slim 16mo
Martindell pp. 42-3 et seq. (1)
Osborne, p.280; Sadleir 1573a; Wolff 4513. One of the first works of historical fiction for children, and one which was enduringly popular. It has a complex publishing history (see Sadleir p.231), and the first edition in the original cloth is scarce. This early issue with twelve plates (later reduced to eight) is particularly rare. (2) £150-200
Moon: Harris 559. In the Hosier’s plate the chair is retained (rather than being replaced by a picture on the wall). The inscription on coffin plate reads SMC 1804. Scarce. (1) £200-300
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671 Searle (Edis). Little Charlotte’s Home in Burmah, by the Author of ‘True Stories for Little People’, ‘Little Animals’, etc., 1868, two hand-coloured engraved plates, each with a short closed edge tear, three engraved vignettes to text, one leaf of publisher’s advertisements at rear, a few minor marks, final two leaves spotted, front free endpaper with early ink presentation inscription, rear free endpaper with tear at tail and loss of upper corner (torn away), both hinges cracked, original purple cloth gilt, rather faded and rubbed, spine with previous adhesive repair at tail, slim 8vo A scarce title. Not in Gumuchian or Osborne. Only one copy found on COPAC, and three others only on WorldCat (all first editions of 1867). None listed in previous auction records. This edition of 1868 appears to be completely unknown. (1) £80-120
669 Mills (Alfred). London in Miniature. With Engravings of its Public Buildings and Antiquities, from Drawings by Alfred Mills, 1st edition, London: Printed for Darton, Harvey, & Darton, and J. Harris, 1814, 47 engraved plates, occasional dust-soiling and few marks, lacking front free endpaper, early ownership signature of Sarah Foxwell to upper pastedown, original printed pink boards, with old cloth spine repair (partly adhered to boards, original spine lacking), soiled and worn, 24mo, 62 x 57mm Moon: Harris 542; Welsh 4988; Bondy 65. Moon describes the volume as having 47 plates, as in this example. Welsh and Bondy however describe this as having 48 plates, but OCLC and elsewhere indicate it is complete in 47 plates. One of a series of titles illustrated with engravings of drawings by Alfred Mills, and issued in either these slightly cheaper boards or in roan. (1) £100-150
670 Miniature book. Les Petits Montagnards, Année 1822, [Paris, 1821], vignette title-page, eight full-page letterpress engravings, contemporary pencilled inscription on front free endpaper, all edges gilt, page block detached in original green morocco, rubbed, covers gilt panelled with single fillet and scalloped palmette border, with central vignette of birds in a nest flanked by a tree and a bird in flight, 22 x 17mm
672 Telescope (Tom, pseudonym). The Newtonian System of Philosophy; explained by Familiar Objects, in an Entertaining Manner, for the Use of Young Ladies and Gentleman ... A new improved edition ... by William Magnet, printed for Ogilvy and Son ... and Darton and Harvey, 1798, 5 engraved plates including frontispiece, woodcuts in text, terminal advertisement leaf, variable spotting and toning, contemporary ownership inscription ‘Miss Hawkes, Oct 10 1804’, modern quarter morocco, 12mo (13.6 x 8cm)
Gumuchian 4132; Welsh 5645. A rare and attractive miniature book. The first half of the volume consists of text in verse accompanied by full-page illustrations, including a young egg seller, a performing bear, a country girl with chickens, a hurdy-gurdy player, a woodcutter and a flower seller. An almanack fills the second half of the volume. (1) £100-150
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Darton G928. The work is sometimes attributed to John Newbery. (1) £150-200
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673* Automaton. Twin Brothers, mid 19th century, sand toy in original glass-fronted thick card box, containing two multi-jointed acrobats suspended from a central metal rod, against a decorative Persian-style floral border, with printed green paper label below ‘Twin Brothers, To be turned twice to the right’, one figure lacking a foot, sand leaking and box repaired with black adhesive tape, 25 x 19.5cm (9.75 x 7.75ins), together with an early 20th century Chinese mahjong set, 146 bone and bamboo pieces, housed in a purple feltlined carved wooden box, with locking hinged lid (with key) inlaid with brass, base of box cracked, plus a collection of 45 Chinese carved mother of pearl gaming counters, 19th century, various sizes and shapes, including fish, circles, short and long rectangles, ovals, housed in a wooden box, with remains of early manuscript label on sliding lid
674* Botanical cards. A set of twenty-two hand-drawn cards, circa 1810, 22 cards, each with pen, ink, and watercolour illustrations of flowers and their components to upper portion (e.g. a selection of leaves, examples of seed pods, various stamens, an array of stalks, different kinds of roots, etc.), above neat manuscript text, each card numbered to upper left corner, first card (title) lightly toned, 11 x 7.5cm (4.5 x 3ins), housed in original green paper-covered card slipcase, with remains of embossed gold border to edges, lightly rubbed and marked, and a little split to one joint, together with a set of 27 (of 28) picture cards, circa 1880, comprising seven sets of colour lithographed cards, each set depicting a fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood; Puss in Boots; Jack and the Bean-Stalk; Jack the Giant Killer; Cinderella; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; and Bluebeard, Red Riding Hood set lacking a card, some rubbing, marks, and creases (The Proud Sisters card with consequent short split in lower edge), Golden Locks and Baby Bear cards both with surface loss to one corner (affecting some of text), plain pale pink versos (dusty), rounded corners, 11 x 7.5cm (4.25 x 3ins)
A rare automaton in working order; we have seen other acrobat sand toys, but not this particular one with two trapeze artists, who perform quite mesmerising feats. (3) £100-150
The first item comprises a set of neatly executed instructional cards, perhaps made by a competent adult and intended as an educational tool for the older child, the first card stating: ‘Botany is a Science which treats of Vegetables & Plants. Divided into Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, & Varieties.’ (2) £200-300
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675* Chinese puppets. A pair of opera puppets, late 19th century, two fabric hand puppets, with hand-painted carved wooden faces and feet, and articulated hands, both wearing hand-sewn silk robes embellished with braid or embroidery, some dust-soiling and a few small holes in places, male figure with choice of head attire (a mandarin hat with plait, and an embroidered hat with beaded tassels), male figure with paint chipped on feet and damage (with slight loss) to nose and forehead, female figure with embellished black hair and beaded earrings, and holding a folding paper fan, height 32cm (12.5ins) and 29.5cm (11.5ins) respectively, together with two dolls by Madame Alexander, New York, mid 20th century, both in elaborate costume, with gold hoop earrings and fruit headdresses, approximately 25cm (10ins) high, one with metal stand (Butler Doll Stand Co. Chicago), plus a broken oriental figurine
677* Doll. A bisque head doll, Germany: Schoenau & Hoffmeister, early 20th century, composition character doll with articulated limbs (index finger on left hand missing), bisque head impressed ‘S H 1909 5’ and ‘PB’ within star, brown glass sleeping eyes, slightly open mouth showing upper teeth, and long brown hair, dressed in a lace-trimmed blue velvet dress, length 59cm (23.25ins), together with three mid 20th century dolls by Madame Alexander (all with maker’s name impressed on head), one a baby doll dressed in a long white gown (with additional dress, bonnet and pinafore), the other two princess dolls, wearing original clothes, and a tiara and sequinned headdress respectively, plus another doll similar, wearing a frilled ‘Bo-Peep’ dress and bonnet, plus a Theodor Recknagel bisque head costume doll, impressed ‘1909 DEP R 10/0 A’, dressed in Swiss Guard style outfit, with sword on leather belt, and a similar German doll, impressed ‘L 14/0’, carrying a little leather satchel, hat and hair detached, plus a china head doll with china limbs, circa 1905, wearing a later dress (and with an earlier dress), plus four metal doll stands
A note accompanying the puppets reads rather charmingly: “I am very sorry, but my wife had a bad dream the other night, and she hit me on my forehead, and thus marred my beautiful countenance.” (5) £80-120
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676* Christmas toy. Father Christmas candy container, German, circa 1910, plaster and papier-mâché figure of Santa Claus, with hand-painted features, and white fur beard, clad in a red felt suit (faded) trimmed at edges, cardboard waist which separates to reveal storage compartment, both thumbs broken off (tree lacking from right hand), some damage and cracking to boots, height 44.5cm (17.5ins), together with A felt cockerel, early-mid 20th century, stuffed rooster, covered with overlapping felt in a variety of bright colours, with black boot button eyes, and thread-covered wire legs and feet tacked to a round wooden stand, height approximately 33cm (13ins) (2)
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678* Dolls. A pair of bisque head character dolls, Kammer & Reinhardt, early 20th century, two composition character dolls with articulated limbs, bisque heads impressed ‘CP 1985 UK K R 114’ and with a V within a star, blue glass sleeping eyes, blonde hair (the girl with coiled side plaits), both dressed in navy and cream sailor suits, the boy with a tam o’shanter and the girl with a frilled straw bonnet, clothing with some scattered small holes (especially to boy), length 43cm (17ins), together with two early 20th century doll’s prams, one of wicker construction, with a pair of large wheels, two smaller stabilising wheels, and a fabric hood, 63cm (25ins) long, 58cm (23ins) high, the other of wooden construction, with four wheels, a fabric hood, and inner compartment with removable panel, 61cm (24ins) high, 65cm (25.5ins) high, both rubbed and dusty, with some wear, plus two small early 20th century dolls and a Merrythought teddy bear (with celluloid label in ear and fabric label on foot) (7)
£100-200
681* Mapographs. A large collection of Mapograph cylinders, circa 1950s, sixty-six relief maps composed of rubber mounted on wooden cylinders, length 19cm (7.5ins) and slightly shorter, each contained in original cardboard box (latter with some wear), together with two wooden-handled rollers, and a large ink pad
679 Jigsaw map. The Traveller’s Companion or the Post Roads of England and Wales, with the Distances in Measured Miles, by the Late [John] Rocque, Chorographer to the King, circa 1760s, engraved map pasted onto wood and dissected along county boundaries, hand-coloured in outline, approximately 53 pieces, three counties (Oxfordshire, Radnor, and Rutland), and four other small portions or tabs, all replaced in facsimile (except one blank tab), somewhat faded and dusty, top edge of Northumberland a little rubbed, tiny chip off Warwickshire, 50 x 48cm (20 x 19ins), contained in original wooden box, with printed paper label (darkened and some marks) on sliding lid, label with chip to lower edge and lacking lower left corner
Vintage teaching aids, which were invaluable tools for teachers before the days of internet downloads. Including: various maps of the British Isles, North America, Malaya, Australasia, Egypt and Nile, Western Hemisphere, World Mercator, Great Lakes, Rhine Basin, Southern Continents, New Zealand, and others. (2 cartons) £70-100
John Rocque was one of the most important and prolific map-makers of the 18th century, until he died in 1762. (1) £100-150
680* Lead figures. Procession of Dowager Empress Cixi, French, circa 1910, forty-four hand-painted lead figures, each wearing a coolie hat, four carrying a hand-painted and beaded palanquin (lacking the figure of the Empress), two bearing fringed fabric cylindrical lantern parasols, remainder bearing various pennants (one missing), musical instruments, lanterns, pikes, etc., each figure 4.5cm (1.75ins) high (not including accoutrements), arranged in two rows on board strips, with metal wire fixings, each row 34cm (13.5ins) long, in original red cardboard box, one corner split, lacking lid
682* McLoughlin Brothers. 100 Soldiers on Parade, New York, circa 1890, 98 (of 100) chromolithographed cardboard cut-out figures, each mounted on a wooden base, comprising military figures of different nationalities, including British troops, American Civil War soldiers, Highlanders, Prussian soldiers, pipers and drummers, Afghan soldiers, some creasing and lifting at edges (occasional minor surface loss), one reinforced with cardboard on verso, each approximately 15cm (6ins) high, together with a linen US flag on a wooden stick, contained together in original wooden box with pictorial label on cardboard lid, broken
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The McLoughlin Brothers (1828-1920) are widely considered the foremost American children’s book and game makers of the late 19th century, now sought after for the attractive and colourful chromolithography they employed. (1) £100-150
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684* Playing cards. A rare deck of Kama Sutra playing cards, Indian, circa 1930, a complete set of fifty-four cards, pen, ink, and watercolour on ivory, heightened with gold, French suits, comprising four suits of thirteen, and two jokers, each with an erotic depiction, and indices in black or red (with occasional minor smudging), versos with hand-painted pattern of red crosses within green lattice frame on a yellow ground, rounded corners, three cards defective without loss (the king of spades and the jack of diamonds both broken in two pieces vertically, and the ace of hearts with upper left corner detached), 9 x 5.5cm (3.5 x 5.5ins) A very unusual hand-painted deck of erotic playing cards; we have traced only two others similar sold at auction. (1) £1500-2000
685* Playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Woolley & Co., circa 1870, fifty-two colour wood block cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (standard English pattern), each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, lightly spotted and marked, green versos with pear tree within floral and foliate border, 9.5 x 6.5cm (3.75 x 2.5ins), together with two other complete decks of playing cards similar, one by Woolley & Co., 210 High Holburn, and the other by Reynolds & Sons, with full-length court cards, and Old Frizzle duty ace, all loosely inserted in clear pocketed leaves in a ring binder
683 Peepshow. Napoleon, and the Battle at Eylau, Fought the 9th February, 1807, circa 1827, accordion-folding peepshow, with five hand-coloured lithographed cut-out panels plus back-scene, depicting officers on horses (including Napoleon), dead and wounded soldiers bleeding onto the snow, some of the wounded being attended to, and smoking remains of a village in the background, with an additional removable back-slide depicting the earlier charge of the French cavalry and the burning village, generally dusty with some soiling and spotting to centre of each sky area, and to back-slide central portion, front board depicting a statue of Napoleon on a plinth, with cannon, drums, various other paraphernalia, and two officers standing by two French Tricolour flags, the title printed in English on one Tricolour, and repeated in French on the other, one rectangular peephole centrally, front board toned with some spotting (mainly to upper right corner), extremities worn (lacking left side), two corners of the box base split, 16.8 x 23cm (6.5 x 9ins), extending to 76cm (30ins)
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686* Playing cards. A collection of playing cards and related items, early to later 20th century, including an engraved white metal box for two decks, a Goodall & Son wooden box The “Sandringham” Whist Cabinet, various bezique sets, Counties of England, Magic Card Trick, Goodall & Son boxed Draw-Bridge Compact Model, Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards, Lexicon, Hovis advertising cards, etc., various sizes and condition (some defective) (a carton)
Gestetner Collection 78. Believed to be made in Germany, probably for the French market. The battle at Eylau resulted in tragic losses on both sides, and very little advantage for either. A rare and unusual battlefield peepshow. (1) £500-800
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687* [Potter, Beatrix]. A complete Peter Rabbit tea service, Stoke-on-Trent: Grimwades, circa 1922, comprising a tea pot with lid (height 9cm/3.5ins), a cream jug (height 5.5cm/2.25ins), a sugar basin (height 4cm/1.5ins), four tea cups (height 5cm/2ins), four saucers (diameter 11.5cm/4.5ins), four tea plates (diameter 10.5cm/4ins), and two cake plates (diameter 15.5cm/6ins), each with a colour lithographed scene from The Tale of Peter Rabbit (a little rubbed in places), and gilt rims and handles (very occasional minor rubbing), each with maker’s mark on base, one saucer with very tiny chip under rim, two cups with hairline crack (one 12mm, one 5mm) Extremely rare complete set of Beatrix Potter nursery china, the very first to be produced. Miss Potter sanctioned production of the set in 1917, but Grimwades didn’t begin manufacturing until 1922, blaming war-time shortages of materials and staff. Even incomplete sets are difficult to find, given the limited production of the set and its fragile nature. Beatrix Potter was said to be very pleased with the set and ordered some for Christmas presents. (Louise Irvine, editor, John Beswick & Royal Albert Beatrix Potter Figures & Giftware, 1996, pages 10 & 83.) (17) £200-300
688* Steiff. Pig on wheels, Germany, circa 1905/6, stuffed blonde mohair pig, with black boot button eyes, and velvet snout with stitching (one long side stitch hanging loose), on two sets of goldpainted cast metal four-spoke wheels (gold paint worn), blank button in left ear, inoperative squeaker, height 25.5cm (10ins), length 42cm (16.5ins) Provenance: given to the current owner’s grandfather, George W. Elkins (1903-1966), and thence by descent. George Elkins was the only child of Eleanor Pollock Glass and Port Brommell Elkins, who was an inventor and innovator, the first person to use reinforced concrete in industrial buildings in Boston. An early Steiff pig in unusually good condition, having been in the same family from new. (1) £500-800
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689* Steiff. A pair of rod bears, Germany, circa 1904, together two mohair teddy bears, one white and the other golden, both jointed with metal rods, with hump back, long limbs, seam from ear to ear, black boot button eyes, protruding shaved snouts (with stitching and remains of gutter percha nose), card-lined felt pads, and paws with black stitching, golden bear with .75” remains of thick thread stitched to tummy (at one time attaching paper tag?), left foot of white bear with outline handstitching where fabric label previously attached (retailer’s label or child’s name tag?), some minimal threadbare areas, golden bear with pad on right foot worn with some loss and small hole to pad on left foot, neither bear with ear button, height of each 41cm (16ins), together with a copy of The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures, by Seymour Eaton, Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Company, 1st edition, 1906, contents becoming loose in original pictorial boards, rubbed and some wear to extremities, 4to Provenance: given when new to the current owner’s grandfather, George W. Elkins (1903-1966), and thence by descent. George Elkins was the only child of Eleanor Pollock Glass and Port Brommell Elkins, who was an inventor and innovator, the first person to use reinforced concrete in industrial buildings in Boston. They lived in Pittsburgh and travelled widely. The current owner’s parents met in Helensburgh during their teens, and that is how the bears came to live in the UK, following the decease of their original owner. The bears were known in the family as Teddy B and Teddy G after the duo in Seymour Eaton’s famous storybook ‘The Roosevelt Bears’ (the original owner’s copy of the book accompanies the lot). Steiff’s very first fully jointed teddy bear, produced in 1902, had string jointing, but none are believed to be in existence today. They were followed by a brief period (1904-1905) in which bears were made with rod jointing, before disk jointing was perfected to give the bears their moving limbs, a method which is still used today. As is well known, Steiff toys were given a button in the ear - although they are often now missing - as well, apparently, as a paper chest tag, which seldom survives. The metal button is first known to have been used in 1904, but the device wasn’t registered as a trademark until May 1905. It may perhaps be that our pair of bears are two of the earliest, which had only a paper tag, before the button became universally used (although we have not been able to confirm this). Nevertheless, rod bears are rare, and the appearance of not one, but a pair of such teddy bears at auction, which have been in the same family since new, is an exceptional occurrence. Their well-preserved condition makes them additionally unusual; the original child owner travelled extensively with his parents, and the bears were often left behind, and so were not played with as much as they might have been. The current owner remembers not being allowed to handle them as a child, and for some years they have been confined to an old trunk. In all appearance early Steiff bears, a visit to the local vet confirmed the metal rod construction inside each bear, and a copy of the resulting x-ray is available to the bears’ new owner. We would like to express our thanks to Bunny Campione for assistance in researching this lot. (3) £7000-10000
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690* Teddy. A teddy bear in the Steiff style, early 20th century, a jointed light brown mohair teddy bear with protruding snout (threadbare, with most of nose stitching gone), and long limbs, eyes sometime replaced, webbed stitching on paws (some loss of black thread), foot pads sometime renewed, and a few other unobtrusive old stitched repairs, height 56cm (22ins) A handsome bear, generally in a good state of preservation. (1)
693* Wallis (J., publisher). The New Game of Human Life, with Rules for Playing: being the most Agreeable & Rational Recreation ever Invented for Youth of both Sexes, Published July 29. 1790, [slipcase title], hand-coloured engraving, in 16 sections mounted on linen, with imprint dated July 14 1790, lightly toned and a little dusty, a few marks and a few lines of text rubbed, 47 x 68.5cm (18.5 x 27ins), contained in original card slipcase, front with oval engraved title label and faint initials in ink dated 1830, edges worn, with small losses
£200-300
Whitehouse pp.46-47. Scarce table game. Eighty-four counter places are marked in a spiral, taking the players through the seven stages of life from infancy to dotage. Manhood commences at 13 years and old age at 49! It was intended that during the course of the game young players would navigate the paths of vice and virtue, so that the game would thereby instruct and inform the impressionable mind. Players advance or forfeit according to the moralistic nature of the character represented in the square they land on. The Assiduous Youth or Benevolent Man, for instance, allowed players to advance, while the Drunkard or Negligent Boy forced players to lose a turn or to move backward. The game illustrates late-eighteenth century social values assigned to various careers. Landing on The Romance Writer, for instance, sends the player back to The Mischievous Boy. Similarly, The Dramatist forces the player to begin the game again. A warning from the manufacturer of the game points out the dangers of introducing dice into the family home and recommends the use of a spinning top called a totum or teetotum rather than a game piece so closely associated with gambling and vice. (1) £600-800
691* Teddy. A large teddy bear, Chad Valley, circa 1930, a jointed light golden mohair teddy bear with protruding snout (stitching renewed), and long limbs (pads on all four paws sometime replaced), celluloid ear button (‘Chad Valley British Hygienic Toys’), lacking eyes, some threadbare areas, and one ear becoming unstitched, height 71cm (28ins) Provenance: given when new to the vendor’s father, Seymour Aitken (19262016) and thence by descent. An unusually large early teddy bear, who, with sight restored, would enjoy a new lease of life. (1) £100-150
692* Toy animals. A collection of toy animals, late Victorian, eighteen painted composite animals, including an elephant, a hippopotamus, a zebra, a giraffe, a monkey, a pig, a sheep, a tapir, a lion, etc., plus the figure of a farmer and a palm tree, some with paint flaking and minor damage in places, height of animals 17cm (6.75ins) and shorter, plus four model boats, six painted composite soldier figurines, two painted carved wood peasant figures, a couple of small knitted dolls, a rag doll holding a teddy bear, and a small china head doll with stuffed hessian body and crudely-sewn fabric limbs, circa 1860s/70s (a small carton)
£70-100
694* Wallis (J. & E., pub.). Historical Pastime. A New Game of the History of England, circa 1832, hand-coloured engraving, featuring 132 numbered pictorial medallions arranged in a spiral, with a portrait of William IV in the centre, in twelve sections mounted on linen, some offsetting and one or two small marks, together with 24pp. booklet of Rules and Directions (giving publication date of 1828), spotted in places and corners curled, original wrappers (a little rubbed and creased), 48.5 x 48cm (19.25 x 19ins), housed together in original marbled slipcase (rubbed) with hand-coloured engraved title label on front (spotted and toned) Whitehouse, p.29: the second issue, with a portrait of William IV replacing that of George IV. (1) £200-300
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CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 695 Barker (Cicely Mary). A Flower Fairy Alphabet; Flower Fairies of the Garden; Flower Fairies of the Wayside; Fairies of the Trees; Groundsel and Necklaces; The Lord of the Rushie River; A Little Book of Old Rhymes; A Little Book of Rhymes New and Old; The Little Picture Hymn Book, Blackie, circa 1930-1940s, together nine volumes, numerous colour plates, A Little Book of Rhymes New and Old with some fore-edge spotting, some endpapers with surface skimming, original printed cloth, with colour illustration mounted on upper covers, except The Little Picture Hymn Book in original gilt-lettered cloth, lightly dust-soiled dust jackets, with a few short closed tears, mainly to slightly rubbed spines (one 3cm, one with archival repair to verso), 12mo (9)
£100-150
697 Blyton (Enid). Motoring, A Book of Rhymes About all Kinds of Motors, [Birn Brothers, 1924], four colour plates, including frontispiece (with pencilled ownership names on reverse), toned throughout, some minor edge-fraying and chipping, original colour pictorial wrappers, rubbed and slightly worn at edges, slim oblong 4to, together with Real Fairies, 1st edition, J. Saville & Co. Ltd., 1923, a little spotting at gutter in places, rough-trimmed, original pictorial yellow wrappers (2nd issue binding), some soiling (mostly to spine and rear cover), a little edge-frayed in places, slim 8vo First item one of the rarest Blyton titles; no copies listed on COPAC. Second item is the author’s second book, a companion to her first, ‘Child Whispers’, published the year before. (2) £150-200
698 Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, eighty-second thousand, Macmillan and Co., 1886, frontispiece and text-illustrations by John Tenniel, 2 pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear, light spotting to endpapers and half-title, p. 101 stained, quire M loose, inner hinges superficially cracked but holding, a few other small spots and finger-marks, inscribed by Carroll in purple ink on the half-title ‘Ida Georgina Weddell, from the Author, Sep. 15 1888’ with his characteristic flourished underline, all edges gilt, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine rolled and nicked, rear joint split, mild dust-soiling to covers, tips bumped and worn, 8vo
696 Beardsley (Aubrey, illustrator). A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley’s Drawings Illustrating “Salome” by Oscar Wilde, [John Lane, circa 1920], list of plates leaf, 17 plates on Japanese vellum, loose as issued in original half cream buckram portfolio, lacking ties, a few stains, previous owner inscription to front pastedown, 4to, together with Le Morte Darthur, by Sir Thomas Malory, 3rd edition, 1927, numerous plates and illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, frontispiece detached, light offsetting to title, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt in bright condition, 4to, limited edition of 1600 (2)
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Presentation copy, inscribed by Carroll to Ida Georgina Weddell (18741960), who lived at Burchet House, Dorking, a few miles from his family home in Guildford. Carroll appears to have lavished Ida and her brothers and sisters with the kind of attention he typically displayed towards his ‘child friends’, his letters and diaries recording a succession of church visits and invitations to tea (Carroll, Letters, Volume 2, 1886-1898, p. 715; Diaries ... Journal 12, July 1883 to 30 June 1892, p. 416 et seq.). (1) £700-1000
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700 Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, twenty-fourth thousand, Macmillan, 1870, half-title present, with contemporary inscription and printed title embellished with a wreath in pen & ink and pencil (unfinished), frontispiece and letterpress illustrations, advertisement leaf at rear, hinges splitting, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine faded and frayed at ends, small nick in top edge of upper cover, 8vo in 4s, together with Through The Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, 1st edition, Macmillan, 1872, half-title present (toned and with some faint creasing), frontispiece and letterpress illustrations (some with juvenile hand-colouring), ‘wade’ on p.21, spotted, recased and joints repaired, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus Aventures d’Alice au Pays des Merveilles, 1st French edition, Macmillan, 1869, half-title present, frontispiece and letterpress illustrations (several with juvenile hand-colouring), occasional spotting and marks, endpapers with mottled toning, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, some marks and cloth lifting in places, spine (with imprint at foot) darkened and a little frayed at ends, 8vo in 4s, housed together in custom-made patterned cloth-covered slipcase
699 Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, 1882, halftitle with ink signature of Alice Hargreaves, illustrations by John Tenniel, frontispiece and title toned, occasional spotting and soiling, presentation inscription, front free endpaper with ink presentation inscription ‘J.W.H. Russell from Edith, January 17th 83’, both hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, extremities worn, spine darkened, both joints with short split at head , a few stains, 8vo
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Alice Hargreaves is the married name of Alice Liddell, after whom Charles Dodgson named his heroine in Alice in Wonderland. (1) £500-800
701 Crane (Walter, illustrator). Triplets: comprising The Baby’s Opera, The Baby’s Bouquet, and The Baby’s Own Aesop, 1899, numerous colour illustrations (many full-page) and decorations, a few light spots, mainly to first and last leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, recent blue half morocco, gilt decorated and lettered spine, large 4to Limited edition, 253/750 total copies. A smart copy. (1)
£150-200
702 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Stories from Hans Andersen, 1911, 28 tipped-in colour plates, five plates (at pages 5, 63, 117, 131 & 139) replaced with plates supplied from the first trade edition, occasional light offsetting, previous owner signature, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, some soiling and stains, covers a little bowed, 4to Edition de Luxe 652/750, signed by the artist. (1)
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£150-200
703 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [1909], 20 tipped-in colour plates, a little light spotting to text, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, some soiling, later silk ties, contained in calf-backed foldover case, 4to
705 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Shakespeare’s Comedy of the Tempest, [1908], 40 mounted colour plates, a few minor spots to text, light adhesion mark to front pastedown, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, later silk ties, 4to
Limited edition 224/750, signed by the artist. (1)
Limited edition 492/500, signed by the artist. (1)
£400-600
£400-600
704 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Stories from Hans Andersen, 1911, 28 tipped-in colour plates, patterned endpapers (light offsetting from press cutting at front), top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, slight soiling, 4to
706 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Edmund Dulac’s Fairy-Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, [1916], 15 tipped-in colour plates, a little light marginal spotting, original white cloth gilt, one corner a little bumped, 4to
Edition de Luxe 548/750, signed by the artist. (1)
Limited edition 58/350, signed by the artist. A bright copy. (1)
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£600-800
192
£400-600
707 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Stories from the Arabian Nights, retold by Laurence Housman, 1907, 50 tipped-in colour plates, a little light spotting to printed guards, lacking one front endpaper, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, one or two minor marks, 4to
709 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights, retold by Laurence Housman, [1913], 10 tippedin colour plates, contemporary presentation inscription to half title, bookplate, top edge gilt, original cream cloth gilt, spine toned, a few light marks, 4to
Limited edition 302/350, signed by the artist. (1)
Limited edition 232/750, signed by the artist. (1)
£600-800
£300-500
708 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1927, 12 colour plates, last two leaves with light marginal water stain at foot, occasional minor spotting, top edge gilt, original cream vellum, calf label to spine, one or two minor blemishes to covers, 4to
710 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales, from the old French retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch, [1910], 30 tipped-in colour plates, endpapers a little toned, bookplate, bookplate of George Kitchin, top edge gilt, original brown morocco gilt, spine lightly faded and rubbed at ends, light edge wear, 4to
Limited edition 49/50, signed by the artist. (1)
Edition de Luxe 17/1000, signed by the artist. (1)
£1000-1500
193
£300-500
714 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, Printed from the Second Edition, [1909], twenty tipped-in colour plates (two with a small corner crease), captioned tissue guards, variable spotting to text, front free endpaper with remnant of ink ownership name and surface abrasion, front hinge cracked after endpapers, original giltdecorated white cloth, contained in the original publisher’s box, darkened and soiled, with several corners split, 4to
711 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Kingdom of the Pearl, by Leonard Rosenthal, [1920], 10 tipped-in colour plates, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed boards, light edge wear, later slipcase, 4to Limited edition 67/675. (1)
£200-300
Rarely found with the box. (1)
£100-150
715 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Princess Badoura, A Tale from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Housman, Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], ten tipped-in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard, occasional spotting (mainly to edges and endpapers), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original white cloth, elaborately decorated in green and gilt, somewhat soiled, spine darkened, 4to Limited edition 324/750 copies, signed by Edmund Dulac. (1)
712 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Bells and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe, [1912], 28 tipped-in colour plates, one or two minor stains, usual toning to endpapers, small wormhole to front hinge, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, a couple of tiny wormholes to upper cover, 4to Limited edition 457/750, signed by the artist. (1)
£400-600
713 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Kingdom of the Pearl, by Leonard Rosenthal, Nisbet & Co. Ltd., [1920], 6 (of 10) tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue guards, patterned endpapers (toned), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, some minor staining to lower edge (encroaching into edge of margin in places), original vellum-backed boards gilt, boards browned and surface somewhat worn, 4to Limited edition 21/100 copies signed by Edmund Dulac (of a total edition of 775 copies). (1) £70-100
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Lot 716
194
£300-500
Lot 718
Lot 719
716 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Bells and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912], half-title, 28 colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, scarce spotting, gilt patterned endpapers, verso of front free endpaper with armorial bookplate ‘Marc and Evelyn Fitch’, original gilt decorated olive cloth, extremities a trifle rubbed in places, 4to, together with The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, from the Old French, Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch, [1910], 30 colour plates (one with corner crease), some spotting and toning to endpapers, both hinges cracked after endpapers, original terracotta cloth gilt, extremities a little rubbed, 4to, plus Edmund Dulac’s Fairy-Book, Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations [1919?], 16 tipped-in colour plates, scarce spotting, mainly to margins, original elaborately decorated cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, spine darkened, rear cover with minor mark, 4to, and two others Dulac related: Stories from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Housman, Drawings by Edmund Dulac, 1907, free endpapers removed; Christmas Pictures by Children, with an Introduction by Edmund Dulac, 1922 (5)
718 Goble (Warwick, illustrator). Stories from the Pentamerone, by Giambattista Basile, 1911, 32 tipped-in colour plates, light toning and spotting to endpapers, bookplate, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, some light soiling, 4to Edition de Luxe, one of 150 copies. (1)
£400-600
719 Goble (Warwick, illustrator). Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Grace James, 1910, 40 tipped-in colour plates, light spotting and toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to Edition de Luxe, one of 500 copies. (1)
£200-300
720* Guinness Christmas Booklets. Songs of our Grandfathers, illustrated Rex Whistler, 1936; Alice Forethought, illustrated Groves-Raines; Prodigies and Prodigals, illustrated Groves-Raines, circa 1940, colour illustrations, scattered minor spotting and soiling, original stapled printed wrappers, first item spotted and browned at edges, slim 8vo, together with two copies of A Guinness Scrap Book, 1937, colour illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, a little spotting, 4to, plus a related poster titled ‘A Guinness Carroll’, colour-printed on grease-proof paper with printed initials of the artist John Gilroy lower left, old ink manuscript numerals to left margin and some see-through from one line of ink to verso at upper margin, minor creasing, 49 x 36cm, plus two sheets of Guinness advertising tissue paper, 50 x 37cm
£200-300
717 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1920?, 12 mounted colour plates, including frontispiece, each with captioned tissue guard, one with small surface abrasion at top, intermittent spotting mainly at head, halftitle with ink presentation inscription, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, some minor marks, slight fading to board edges, priceclipped dust jacket, front panel with mounted colour plate, lightly toned (more so to spine), some chips to top edge and spine ends, spine and folds somewhat rubbed (one fold with small hole), 4to, together with Edmund Dulac’s Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder and Stoughton, [1915], 19 tipped-in colour plates, including frontispiece (one with a corner crease), one black & white portrait plate, three leaves with a short edge tear, original pale green cloth, with dark green lettering and decoration, both boards faded (front board rather mottled), somewhat soiled and toned dust jacket, front panel with mounted colour plate, a few chips and minor edge tears, head of spine creased and frayed, 4to (2)
Lot 720
The advertising poster was produced around 1932 for the London Underground. (8) £200-300
£100-150
195
721 Harrison (Florence). The Rhyme of a Run, and Other Verse, Blackie & Son, [1907], 21 mounted colour plates, one with a corner slightly creased, title-page printed in red and black, additional illustrations in black (some full-page) and decorative initials in red throughout the letterpress, patterned endpapers, original green pictorial cloth gilt, two corners very slightly bumped, a little faint dust-soiling on lower cover, oblong 4to A bright copy. (1)
723 Kent (Rockwell, illustrator). Moby Dick, or The Whale by Herman Melville, first trade edition, New York, Random House, 1930, woodcut illustrations throughout by Rockwell Kent, including some full-page, occasional light spots, and two inscriptions in pale ink by the original owner (pages 1 and 597) across the page, upper inner hinge cracked (with remains of sellotape to inner margin), rear joint also restrengthened, contemporary presentation inscription to front blank, and a small mounted portrait photograph, dated June 1931, top edge gilt, contemporary blue crushed half gilt-decorated morocco, a little rubbed to edges, upper joint partly cracked at foot, 8vo
£300-400
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722 Harrison (Florence, illustrator). Guinevere and other Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1912, 24 tipped-in coloured plates, with captioned tissue guards, 12 other full-page black & white illustrations, some spotting throughout, decorative endpapers (partly toned), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original giltdecorated cream cloth, somewhat dust soiled, large 8vo, together with Poems by Christina Rossetti, Introduction by Alice Meynell, [1910], 36 tipped-in colour plates (one with a small corner crease), with captioned tissue guards, numerous black and white illustrations, decorative endpapers, front free endpaper with early ink presentation inscription, front pastedown with book ticket to upper corner, both hinges cracked, stitching a little shaken, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated cream cloth, somewhat soiled and marked, 4to (2)
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£150-200
724 Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book, 1st editions, Macmillan, 1894 & 1895, b & w illustrations, some fullpage, half-titles present, second volume with advertisement leaf at rear, intermittent spotting, first volume with faint circular embossed stamp on title ‘Presentation Copy’, and with early ownership name on verso of front free endpaper, second volume with later ink inscription on preliminary blank, some blemishes to endpapers (including those to first volume with some glue remnants), all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, both with some rubbing and marks, first volume with slight mottling to covers in places, second volume with small nick to spine and a .25” repair to lower joint, 8vo, housed together in a custom-made patterned cloth-covered slipcase (2)
£200-300
196
£200-300
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Lot 727
725 MacDougall (W.B., illustrator). Isabella or the Pot of Basil, by John Keats, 1898, numerous woodcut illustrations, decorative borders & initials, title printed in red & black, decorative half-title and final leaf with woodcut printer’s device both lightly toned, free endpapers toned and spotted, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth, spine with gilt lettering and floral design, front cover with blind embossed design, spine a little darkened, corners slightly frayed and rubbed, slim 4to (1)
729 Milne (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner, mixed editions, (Now We Are Six, 1st edition, 1927; House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928), Methuen, 1925-1928, black & white illustrations by E. H. Shepard, partial toning to some endpapers or first & final leaves, Now We Are Six and House at Pooh Corner with a few minor marks, each book with ink ownership name to half-title or preliminary blank, first three half-titles with mounted portrait newspaper clipping, When We Were Very Young with additional clipping mounted to verso of front free endpaper, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original cloth gilt, House at Pooh Corner rear cover with small mark to lower corner, dust jackets, a few light spots, spines a little darkened, top edges and spine ends with some chips and short tears, Now We Are Six with 5cm tear and separate small loss to rear panel, all 8vo
£100-150
726 Mackenzie (Thomas, illustrator). Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme, by Arthur Ransome, Nisbet & Co., [1920], 12 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black & white illustrations and decorations throughout, illustrated leaf facing half-title with ink ownership name dated 1924 on blank reverse, stitching visible in two places, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated cloth, lower corners fraying just a little, rear cover partly toned, 4to Limited edition 213/250 copies, signed by the artist. (1)
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£200-300
730 Milne (Alan Alexander). Winnie-the-Pooh, with Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 50th Anniversary edition, Methuen, 1976, numerous black & white illustrations, illustrated endpapers, rear pastedown with small blank sticker at lower right corner, all edges gilt, original red morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, each cover with one minor mark (that on rear cover with associated small abrasion), minute rubbed spot at head of spine, 8vo, (limited edition, 244/300 copies signed by Christopher Milne), together with The Christopher Robin Story Book..., Illustrated by E.H. Shepard, 1st edition, Methuen, 1929, numerous black & white illustrations, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, later blue morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, 8vo
£500-800
727 Meteyard (Sidney H., illustrator). The Golden Legend, by H.W. Longfellow, [1910], 25 tipped-in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard, pictorial title, occasional minor spotting, front pastedown with pictorial and armorial bookplate of Cynthia Villiers, dated 1914 and signed W.P.B., front free endpaper with contemporary ink presentation inscription, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original pictorial vellum gilt, lacking ties, somewhat soiled, mainly to spine, 4to
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Limited edition, 97/250 copies, signed by the artist. The fine bookplate has the initials of William Phillips Barrett, a bookbinder who made a name for himself designing handsome exlibris for the upcoming nouveau riche, personalising them to each individual’s requirements. (1) £100-150
£150-250
731 Milne (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, 6th edition, Methuen, December 1924, numerous black & white illustrations, half-title with ink ownership name and some minor marks, partial toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, lightly soiled dust jacket, some chips and edge tears, spine a little toned, 8vo, together with another copy of the same title, 2nd edition, December 1924, a few minor marks, stitching slightly strained, first and last leaves and free endpapers lightly toned, front free endpaper with embossed ownership address, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed in places, some light soiling, tail of spine slightly frayed, 8vo
728 Milne (Alan Alexander). Winnie-The-Pooh, 1st edition, Methuen, 1926, numerous illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, free endpapers lightly toned, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, rear cover and extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo (1)
Lot 730
£200-300
(2)
197
£100-150
734 Milne (Alan Alexander). Now We Are Six, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, 1st edition, 1927, numerous black & white illustrations, first and last leaves and free endpapers partly toned, rear free endpaper with short tear and minor surface loss at fore edge, top edge gilt, remainder lightly spotted, original red cloth gilt (spine a little darkened), dust jacket, spine somewhat toned, folds lightly spotted with minor wear at upper tips, 8vo
732 Milne (Alan Alexander). The House at Pooh Corner, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, 1st edition, Methuen, 1928, numerous black & white illustrations, light staining to edges, free endpapers partly toned (as usual), front endpapers with lower corners soiled, loosely inserted publisher’s advertisement slip, advertising The Christopher Robin Calendar 1929 and ‘When We Were Very Young’ notepaper, top edge gilt, original salmon cloth gilt, front cover with tiny spot at fore edge and pale mark at lower right corner, rear cover with partial fading, dust jacket, toned spine and folds a little chipped at top ends, 8vo (1)
(1)
£200-300
£150-250
733 Milne (Alan Alexander). Winnie-the-Pooh, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, 1st edition, Methuen, 1926, numerous black & white illustrations, pictorial endpapers partially toned, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, a little dusty in places, dust jacket, one or two faint spots, spine lightly faded, minor wear to tips of folds, 8vo
735 Milne (Alan Alexander). Now We Are Six, 1st deluxe edition, Methuen, 1927, numerous black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, scarce light finger-soiling, pictorial endpapers, rear pastedown with small blank sticker to lower right corner, red silk ribbon marker (detached at top), all edges gilt, original red limp leather gilt, lightly rubbed in places, rear cover with small scuff near foot, single wormhole near top of rear joint (not affecting pastedown), spine somewhat faded, 8vo, together with The House at Pooh Corner, 1st deluxe edition, 1928, black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, occasional minor marks or finger-soiling, rear pastedown with small blank sticker to lower right corner, green silk ribbon marker, all edges gilt, original green limp leather gilt, rubbed in places, toned spine a little worn at head, 8vo, plus When We Were Very Young, 10th (2nd deluxe) edition, 1925, black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, a couple of minor marks, pictorial endpapers (lightly spotted), blue silk ribbon marker, all edges gilt, original blue limp leather gilt, lightly faded spine with slight fraying at head, 8vo
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£300-500
198
£300-400
736 Milne (Alan Alexander). When I Was Very Young, New York: Fountain Press, 1930, black & white illustrations by Ernest Shepard, partly untrimmed, rear pastedown with small blank label to lower right corner, front pastedown with bookplate of G.F. Reiss, original patterned cloth with paper label to spine, slipcase, 8vo, together with The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, 1st edition, Methuen, 1930, numerous black & white illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original cloth gilt, spine somewhat faded, dusty and soiled dust jacket, small area of surface loss to front panel, some chips and losses, spine toned, 8vo, plus When We Were Very Young, 17th edition, Methuen, 1928, numerous black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, contemporary ink presentation inscription to half-title, first and last leaves and free endpapers partially toned, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership name, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends barely rubbed, dust jacket, toned and lightly rubbed spine chipped at head, some minor edge fraying, rear panel with small mark, 8vo, and 8 others related including: Winnie-the-Pooh and the Bees, a Pop-Up Picture Book, [1953]; Punch Vol. CLXVI. January-June 1924; Winnie-the Pooh, a Reproduction of the Original Manuscript..., 1971
738 Milne (Alan Alexander). Teddy Bear and Other Songs from “When We Were Very Young”... Music by H. Fraser-Simson, Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 1926, black & white illustrations, free endpapers partially toned, front free endpaper with bookplate of W. Kitchin, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to front cover, dust jacket, spine and folds toned with small chips to extremities, a little edge-fraying, short tear to head of lower joint, large slim 4to, together with Songs from “Now we are Six”..., Music by H. Fraser-Simson, Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 1927, black & white illustrations, free endpapers partially toned, front free endpaper with bookplate of W. Kitchin, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to front cover, dust jacket, spotted and toned in places, spine ends chipped and a little frayed, large slim 4to, plus The Hums of Pooh, Lyrics by Pooh, Music by H. Fraser-Simson..., Decorations by E.H. Shepard, Additional Lyric by Eeyore, 1929, black & white illustrations, some finger-soiling, one short closed edge tear, free endpapers partially toned, original cloth-backed decorative boards, edges a trifle soiled, toned and lightly marked dust jacket, some chips and small losses, some repairs to verso, large slim 4to, with four others all Milne-related music including, More “Very Young Songs”, 1928, with dust jacket
First item: limited edition, 635/842 copies signed by the author. (1) £100-150
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£70-100
739 Milne (Alan Alexander). The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, 1st edition, Methuen, 1930, numerous black & white illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original cloth gilt, spine somewhat faded, dusty and soiled dust jacket, small area of surface loss to front panel, some chips and losses, spine toned, 8vo, together with When We Were Very Young, 17th edition, Methuen, 1928, numerous black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, contemporary ink presentation inscription to half-title, first and last leaves and free endpapers partially toned, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership name, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends barely rubbed, dust jacket, toned and lightly rubbed spine chipped at head, some minor edge fraying, rear panel with small mark, 8vo, and 8 others related including: Winnie-the-Pooh and the Bees, a Pop-Up Picture Book, [1953]; Punch Vol. CLXVI. January-June 1924; Winnie-the Pooh, a Reproduction of the Original Manuscript..., 1971 (10)
£70-100
737 Milne (Alan Alexander). Winnie-the-Pooh, Methuen, 1973, colour illustrations and decorative endpapers by Ernest H. Shepard, all edges gilt, original navy morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine darkened, original gilt decorated slipcase, 8vo Limited edition, 153/300 copies signed by the artist. (1)
£300-500
740 Milne (A. A.). [The Pooh books], comprising: When We Were Very Young, Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner; 12th, 4th, 1st and 1st editions, Methuen & Co., 1925-8, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, spotting and browning to endpapers, blanks and half-titles, contemporary gift inscriptions to blanks or half-titles, top edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, tips rubbed, Now We Are Six and The House at Pooh Corner spines sunned, rear board of the latter marked, 8vo (4)
199
£100-150
741 Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm, [1925], 12 tipped-in colour plates, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, original half cloth over marbled boards, spine label partially rubbed, slipcase (rubbed and faded with two sides detached), 4to
743 Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North, [1914], 25 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue guards, decorative endpapers, a few minor marginal spots, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends lightly rubbed, light scratches to upper cover
Limited edition 306/600. (1)
Considered Nielsen’s best work during the ‘Golden Age of Illustration’. (1) £700-1000
£1000-1500
742 Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, [1924], 12 tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed with small repairs, 4to Edition de Luxe 474/500, signed by the artist. (1)
744 Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales retold by Arthur Quiller-Couch, [1913], 26 tipped-in colour plates, light toning to text leaves and endpapers, top edge gilt, original green vellum gilt, later silk ties, a little rubbed with light stains, slight fading to a few areas, 4to
£700-1000
Limited edition 183/500, signed by the artist. (1)
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200
£1000-1500
747 Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, [1924], twelve tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, numerous black & white letterpress illustrations (many full-page) and decorations, intermittent spotting, patterned endpapers, ink ownership inscription on front pastedown, original gilt decorated dark green moiré cloth, a few minor marks, faded and rubbed spine a little frayed at ends, 4to
745 Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales, retold by Arthur Quiller-Couch, [1913], 24 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting to text and endpapers, original pictorial cloth, spine a little rubbed with repaired tear at head, 4to (1)
£200-300
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746 Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). Fleur-de-Neige et d’Autres Contes de Grimm, Paris: H. Piazza, [1929], 12 mounted colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard, numerous hand-coloured decorations, half-title, stitching a little strained in places, untrimmed, original pictorial wrappers, creased spine with chipped ends, and minor wear in one spot, 4to
£200-300
748 Paul (Evelyn, illustrator). The New Life by Dante’ Alighieri, translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, pictured by Evelyn Paul, with Music by Alfred Mercer, limited edition, George G. Harrap & Co., [circa 1915], printed on japon, half-title, title page, initials, borders and text illustrations chromolithographed in gilt and colours, 8 colour plates counted in pagination, 8 mounted colour vignettes, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original vellum gilt, slipcase, 4to
Limited edition, 74/400 copies printed on velin, from a total edition of 2400. (1) £400-600
Number 6 of 150 copies signed by the artist. (1)
201
£150-200
751 Potter (Beatrix). The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour illustrations with corresponding text leaves bound concertina-style, slightly rubbed at folds, first leaf creased to upper right hand corner, original wallet-style olive green cloth binding with dark blue lettering, upper cover with mounted colour illustration and tab fastening, dust-soiled, small paper residue on lower cover, ink blot on upper cover affecting a couple of letters of title, 16mo Linder, p.426; Quinby 12. (1)
£300-500
749 Pogany (Willy, illustrator). The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan, after the Drama of Richard Wagner, by T.W. Rolleston, [1913], eight mounted colour plates, numerous colour and black & white illustrations and decorations, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt-decorated vellum, small folio Limited edition, 312/525 copies, signed by the artist. (1)
£300-400
750 Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Parsifal, or the Legend of the Holy Grail, retold... by T.W. Rolleston, Harrap, 1912, 16 tipped-in colour plates, numerous colour and black & white illustrations and decorations, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original tan sheep, front cover and spine with design and lettering in gilt and blind, a little worn in places, head of (rubbed) spine slightly frayed, small folio, together with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts, By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Harrap, 1910, 20 tipped-in colour plates, numerous black & white and colour illustrations and decorations, scarce light spotting, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, front cover with design in gilt and colours, slight wear to front lower edge, 4to, plus another copy of the same title, circa 1920s, 20 mounted colour plates, numerous black & white and colour illustrations and decorations, endpapers toned, front free endpaper with ink ownership name (dated 1926), original grey cloth gilt, small 4to (3)
752 Potter (Beatrix). The Story of Miss Moppet, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour plates and fourteen leaves of text bound concertina-style, two leaves with minor surface loss to green border, one leaf with small spot of surface loss to image, corner of final leaf creased, original wallet-form grey cloth, lettered and blocked in dark blue, with oval pictorial panel to upper cover, lacking silver retaining flap for tab closure, 16mo Linder, p.426; Quinby 11. (1)
753 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1st edition, trade issue, William Heinemann, 1908, 40 tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, spotting to endpapers, preliminary text leaves, and edges, front inner hinge cracked but holding, original cream cloth gilt, front board marked, 4to, together with Pogany (Willy), Parsifal, or the Legend if the Holy Grail retold from Antient Sources, with acknowledgement to the “Parsifal” of Richard Wagner by T. W. Rolleston, 1st edition, trade issue, Harrap & Co., 1912, 16 text and illustrations lithographed in colours throughout, 16 tipped-in colour plates, bookplate of Joan Yates, original pictorial cloth gilt, slightly mottled, spine-ends frayed, folio, ibid., The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan, after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T. W. Rolleston, 1st edition, trade issue, G. G. Harrap & Co., [1913], text and illustrations lithographed in colours throughout, 8 tipped-in colour plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, folio, Milne (A. A.), Now We Are Six, with Decorations by E. H. Shepard, 1st edition, Methuen & Co., 1927, front inner hinge partially split but firm, bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown, top edge gilt, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine rolled, extremities slightly rubbed, a few pale marks to front board, 8vo
£100-150
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Lot 751
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£300-400
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£150-200
754 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, 1911, 30 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting and offsetting, bookplate of George Kitchin (1827-1912, first Chancellor of the University of Durham), top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, later ties, light soiling to extremities, 4to Limited edition 602/1150, signed by the artist. (1)
756 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1909, 40 tipped-in colour plates, slight toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, upper tie lacking, some light soiling, 4to Limited edition 322/750, signed by the artist. (1)
£300-500
755 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting and toning to text, bookplate of George Kitchin, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, later ties, light soiling to spine, 4to Limited edition 664/1150, signed by the artist. (1)
£700-1000
757 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Comus, by John Milton, [1921], 24 tipped-in colour plates, bookplate of George Kitchin, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed with some toning to covers, 4to Limited edition 213/550, signed by the artist. (1)
£300-500
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£200-300
760 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, 1915, 12 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting to text and endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, a little light soiling to upper cover, covers slightly bowed, 4to
758 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Dish of Apples, by Eden Phillpotts, 1921, three tipped-in colour plates, illustrations, decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, original cream cloth gilt, 4to Limited edition 123/500, signed by author and artist. A bright copy. (1) £300-400
Limited edition 83/525, signed by the artist. (1)
£700-1000
759 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends Mirth & Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1907, 24 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting and toning, front endpaper partly excised with contemporary prize label, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, ties detached (loosely retained), small tear at head of spine repaired, one or two light marks, upper cover slightly bowed, 4to
761 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, [1926], 21 tipped-in colour plates (including one extra plate produced only for the limited edition), top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, a little light soiling to covers, lower corners bumped, 4to
Limited edition 292/560, signed by the artist. (1)
Limited edition 98/520, signed by the artist. (1)
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£300-400
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£500-800
762 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, 1906, 50 tipped-in colour plates, original russet cloth gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded with closed tears at ends, a few small light stains, 4to (1)
£200-300
763 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1908, 40 tipped-in colour plates, some spotting, presentation inscriptions at front, original cloth gilt, some toning to spine and extremities, 4to (1)
£150-200
764 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, 2nd impression, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates, one front endpaper excised?, bookplate, original brown cloth gilt, a little rubbed, small ink and other light stains, 4to, together with Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, 1910 reprint, 50 tipped-in colour plates, frontispiece detaching, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, spine faded, a little rubbed, 4to (2)
£100-150
766 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, Introduction by A.A. Milne, 100th edition, Methuen & Co., 1951, 12 tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cream full sheep, gilt lettered spine, one or two light marks, spine ends a little rubbed, with a short (15mm) split to top of rear joint, publisher’s card slipcase, some wear to extremities, 4to Riall p. 200. Limited edition 293/500 copies. (1)
765 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Constable, 1909, 40 tipped-in colour plates, several with a corner crease, captioned tissue guards, black & white illustrations to text, some full-page, endpapers spotted (and those to front lightly soiled), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, slightly rubbed and dust-soiled (particularly to spine), some superficial scratches to rear cover, lacking ties, 4to, together with The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, William Heinemann, 1926, original cloth, spine ends and part of lower joint torn and frayed, with loss at head, 8vo Limited edition, 274/750 copies, signed by the artist. (2)
£300-500
767 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, 1910/Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, 1st editions, thirty-four and thirty tipped-in colour plates respectively, one or two corners a little creased, Rhinegold with light dampstaining to some lower blank corners, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern brown morocco, each cover with design in gilt and blind, both rear covers with gilt-lettered title label, 4to
£700-1000
Riall, pages 103 & 109. Deluxe limited editions 301/1150 and 369/1150 respectively, each signed by the artist. A handsome set in an unusual binding. (2) £400-600
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768 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, 1st edition, 1926, 20 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting (mainly to edges), original pictorial cloth gilt, slightly chipped dust jacket with repairs to verso, spine darkened and a little marked, with some loss at ends, 4to (1)
£150-250
769 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, new impression, 1925, 40 mounted colour plates (mounts toned), top edge gilt, blue half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt lettered and decorated spine (faded) with raised bands, 4to, together with Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), Shakespeare’s Comedy of The Tempest, 1st edition, [1908], 40 tipped-in colour plates, half-title with pale remnant of ink ownership name, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, modern crimson morocco gilt, spine with contrasting labels, 4to, plus Wright (George, illustrator), Norse Stories, Retold from the Eddas, by Hamilton Wright Mabie, 1902, 10 colour plates, top edge gilt, modern green quarter morocco gilt, original pictorial cloth front cover bound-in at rear, 8vo (3)
£150-200
770 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, by Izaak Walton, 1931, 12 colour plates, half-title, title printed in green and black, some light toning to endpapers and first and last leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original vellum gilt, a few light spots, spine lightly creased, 4to Limited edition, 717/775 copies signed by the artist. (1)
772 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty, told by C.S. Evans, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1920, tipped-in colour frontispiece, numerous colour and black & white illustrations in silhouette (lightly offset), green pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter vellum gilt, front cover with a few spots at top edge, 4to
£200-300
771 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, 1908, 40 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, some toning to pages facing plates, letterpress illustrations, front free endpaper with early ink presentation inscription (dated 1917), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, a little dust-soiled, spine lightly spotted, ties detached, large 4to
Riall page 141. Limited edition, 151/625 total copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. (1) £400-600
Riall, p.87. Deluxe limited edition, 324/1000 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. (1) £700-1000
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775 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures, with an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Heinemann, 1923, 44 tipped-in colour plates (some with a corner crease), with captioned tissue guards, mounts toned, some spotting to text, rear pastedown with insect damage to fore edge, original cloth gilt, toned and rubbed dust jacket, edges a little frayed with some chips and tears, 4to, together with Tales of Mystery & Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe, Harrap, 1935, 12 fullpage colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, 17 full-page black & white plates, top edge gilt, original tan morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, 4to, plus The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, Harrap, 1929, 12 full-page colour plates, numerous black & white illustrations to text, half-title and endpapers partly spotted and toned, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, a few minor marks, soiled and rubbed dust jacket, with tears and losses, 4to, with four other Rackham illustrated, comprising: Undine, by De la Motte Fouque..., Heinemann, 1909, with bookplate of Richard & Muriel GravesSawle; The Romance of King Arthur..., Macmillan, 1917; another copy of the same; The Ingoldsby Legends..., Dent, 1907
773 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Wonder Book, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1st edition, [1922], 16 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, 8 full-page colour plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cream cloth gilt, lightly dust-soiled, head of spine a little bumped, 4to Riall page 146. Limited edition, 146/600 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. (1) £400-600
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£300-400
776 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby Esqre., Heinemann, 1919, twentyfour tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, twelve tinted plates, black & white illustrations, fore edge spotted, original pictorial cloth, extremities a little rubbed, front cover with small marks to upper right corner, spine toned, 4to, together with Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, Heinemann, 1908, 50 tipped-in colour plates, one double-page, five with a corner crease, each with captioned tissue guard (one with tear), text spotted, original pictorial cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, a few minor marks, spine ends a little frayed, 4to, plus Thomson (Hugh, Illustrator), The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Methuen, 1920, 31 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, some spotting to text, mainly at fore edge and first & last leaves, front hinge partly cracked, top edge gilt, original decorative cloth gilt, lightly rubbed in places, front corners a little bumped, toned spine with ends somewhat frayed, 4to, with 9 others similar, mostly illustrated by Hugh Thomson (12)
£100-150
777 Robinson (W. Heath, illustrator). The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India, Retold by W.H.D. Rouse, 1st edition, 1897, half-title, black & white engraved plates and illustrations to text, occasional finger-soiling, frontispiece and title partially toned, preliminary blank with contemporary ink presentation inscription, front hinge splitting, original decorative cloth, browned spine a little worn at ends, minor wear to corners, black ink line to upper joint, 8vo
774 Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Some British Ballads, [1919], 16 tipped-in colour plates, free endpapers toned (as often), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original vellum-backed boards, top edges lightly toned, a couple of bumps and some light scratches, 4to Riall page 137. Limited edition, 413/575 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. (1) £300-400
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£100-150
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778 Stone (Reynolds). An Alphabet, Warren Editions, 1974, 26 wood engraved and decorated letters, original orange wrappers, front cover with ‘ABC by Reynolds Stone” in black lettering, rear cover with lettering ‘This is the 13th publication by Warren Editions..., 250 copies have been printed by U.D.O. in Autumn 1974’, contained in white card box (soiled), with pencil initials ‘RS’ on lid, 3.2 x 3.1cm(1.25 x 1.25ins) Limited edition, 123/250 copies. A miniature book containing neat examples of Stone’s wood engravings, each letter with appropriate decorations. For example, a couple of bees for the letter ‘B’, a dormouse for ‘D’, a rose for ‘R’, and a yacht for ‘Y’. (1) £70-100
779 Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). Days with Sir Roger de Coverley. A Reprint from “The Spectator”, 3rd edition, Macmillan and Co., 1892, engraved half-title, frontispiece, head- and tailpieces, and numerous vignettes, all after Hugh Thomson, very faint occasional offsetting, tan-burn to free endpapers from turnins, damp-stain to foot of rear pastedown and free endpaper, engraved armorial bookplate of Lieutenant General Charles Pollard, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary maroon crushed full morocco by Morrell, gilt-tooled overall with curvilinear fillets and trefoil finials, ‘large paper’ lettered in gilt to foot of spine, joints slightly rubbed, crown 8vo (26 x 17cm) A fine binding by celebrated London binders W. T. Morrell. The firm was established by William Turner Morrell (1840-1888) circa 1860 and became renowned for their variety of finishing tools. (1) £200-300
780 Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). The Admirable Crichton, by J.M. Barrie, [1914], 20 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, some spotting to first and last leaves and fore edge, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, lacking ties, some pale spotting in places, front cover a little bowed, 4to, (Limited Edition de Luxe 188/500 copies, signed by Hugh Thomson), together with Sullivan (Edmund J., illustrator), A Dream of Fair Women & Other Poems, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1900, 40 black & white plates, with four plates in duplicate in photogravure (margins spotted), all with captioned tissue guard, endpapers spotted, unopened, original gilt decorated quarter vellum, somewhat soiled, board edges worn in places, 4to, (unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 125), plus Jackson (A.E., illustrator), The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, 1929, 16 mounted colour plates, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed in places, slightly chipped dust jacket, soiled with some marks, head of toned spine somewhat frayed, with a short tear at top of lower joint, 8vo, and four others similar, including: Fabre’s Book of Insects..., illustrated by E.J. Detmold, circa 1920; The Cecil Aldin Book, 1932 (7)
£200-300
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781 Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). Shakespeare’s Comedy As You Like It, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], 40 tipped-in colour plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, covers somewhat bowed, slightly toned, a few minor marks, lacks ties, 4to, (limited edition, 402/500 copies, signed by the artist), together with The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, 1910, 40 tipped-in colour plates, intermittent spotting, both hinges cracked, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, spotted and dust-soiled, rear cover with a few light scratches, lacking ties, 4to, (limited edition, 181/350 copies, signed by the artist), plus The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Hodder & Stoughton, [1911], 25 tipped-in colour plates, first and last leaves toned and spotted, some soiling to pastedown and first 3 leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, spine and rear cover toned with some soiling, front cover discoloured at fore edge, lacking ties, 4to, (limited edition, 137/350 copies, signed by the artist) (3)
£150-200
782* Thurber (James). Thurber’s Dogs, A Collection of the Master’s Dogs, written and drawn, real and imaginary, living and long ago, 1st edition, New York, 1955, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt in frayed and slightly chipped dust wrapper, with author’s inscription to front endpapers in blue ink ‘For Elly, Good Wishes, Good Winter from Jim and Helen, James Thurber’, accompanied by a portrait of a ‘thurberhound’, 8vo, together with Alarms and Diversions by James Thurber, 1st edition, 1957, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, one or two short closed tears, spine with some fading at foot, inscribed by the author to front endpaper ‘Merry Christmas to Ellen Jim & Helen’, both 8vo (2)
£200-300
EARLY & ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
783 Allix (Susan). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1973, 27 copperetched polychrome abstract and geometric designs on thick paper, most full page, some double page, original scarlet morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover with gilt lattice-work design, slipcase, 4to Limited edition 50/75, signed by the artist. (1)
£700-1000
784 Ashendene Press. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur the Astronomer Poet of Persia Rendered into English Verse, Ashendene Press, 1896, initial word of the Rubaiyat printed in red, a little minor spotting, untrimmed in original wrappers (slight soiling), bookplate of Clement K. Shorter (1857-1926, journalist, author, literary critic and book collector), bound in contemporary half calf, spine and edges a little rubbed and scuffed, a few small stains, small 4to Limited edition 22/50, printed for private circulation. Tomkinson 5. (1) £1000-1500
Lot 783
785 Bjerregaard (C.H.A.). Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald, J.F. Taylor & Co., New York, 1902, chromolithographed frontispiece, two mounted colour plates, illustrations, printed in red and black on Japan paper, partly unopened, bookplate, original green half morocco, spine and upper margins faded to brown, edges a little rubbed, 4to Naishapur Edition 5/50. (1)
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£150-200
786 Brangwyn (Frank, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, T.N. Foulis, 1919, 15 tipped-in colour plates, verses within illustrated borders (light offsetting onto opposite leaves), top edge gilt, modern red morocco, upper cover with gilt chalice entwined with a serpent, repeated in spine compartments with bunch of grapes and foliage decoration, 4to Limited edition of 350. Handsomely bound. (1)
788 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [1909], 20 tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, silk ties (detached but present), 4to Limited edition 715/750, signed by the artist. A bright copy. (1)
£200-300
789 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [1909], 20 tipped-in colour plates, presentation inscription to half title verso, 1942 pasted over original 1909 inscription, original cream cloth gilt, loose publisher’s prospectus, original publisher’s box (some soiling and splits to folds), 4to
787 [Brown, Robert James Reid]. Life’s Echoes by ‘’Tis True!’ A Possible Elucidation of the Mysteriously Cryptic ‘Tesselations’ made mostly by Byron, Fitzgerald, and others from Omar Qayyan’s ‘Ruba’iyat’, [Groves et Michaux, Paris, 1926], 2 parts in one, numbered 1-62 & 63-127, numerous tipped-in colour illustrations and facsimiles, text and illustrations within fine decorative gold borders, original front? wrapper for each part, top edge gilt, modern blue morocco gilt, cloth and mother of pearl bookmarks, slipcase (some edge wear), 4to Limited edition 576/600. (1)
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£600-800
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£200-300
790 Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam, l’Edition d’Art H. Piazza, Paris, 1910, 12 mounted colour plates, original wrappers bound in contemporary half morocco, slight partial fading, 4to, together with Les Quatrains de Kheyam, traduits du Persian par J.B. Nicolas, 1st French edition with Persian text, Paris, 1867, light water stains, all edges gilt, later blue morocco gilt by Lewis & Harris, Bath, spine fading to green, small folio (2)
£200-300
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£150-200
791 Fitzgerald (Edward, translator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 2nd edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1868, original wrappers, light soiling, 4to, together with Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1859, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, facsimile edition, Omar Khayyam Club of America, University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1909, printed on Japanese vellum, unopened, original wrappers, glassine wrapper (a little toned), 8vo, limited edition 16/50, signed by Nathan Haskell Dole (President), and three others, i.e. Treasurer, Secretary and Chairman Centenary Committee (2)
£400-600
792 Fitzgerald (Edward). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English verse, 3rd edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1872, previous owner signature of Percy Browne, 1876 at head of title, full page manuscript note to rear endpaper, some light toning, stitching a little weak at front, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine rubbed, some fading, 8vo, together with a facsimile copy of the 1st edition Rubaiyat of 1859 translated by Fitzgerald, circa 1926 (contained in morocco slipcase) (2)
£200-300
Lot 794
793 Fitzgerald (Edward, translator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse, 2nd edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1868, bookplate, top edge gilt, later green morocco gilt by Proudfoot, spine faded to brown and a trifle rubbed at ends, small 4to The first edition of 1859 contained 75 quatrains, this expanded and revised second edition contains 110. (1) £500-800
794 Golden Cockerel Press. ( ). The Golden Cockerel Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald. The First Edition reprinted together with Fitzgerald’s Monk-Latin Version now printed for the first time translations of the Latin & of the Persian originals and a critical essay by Sir E. Denison Ross, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, eight copper-engraved plates by John Buckland-Wright, one or two faint spots at front, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed cloth gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slight fading at head of lower cover, folio Limited edition 287/300. (1)
795 Golden Cockerel Press. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald’s translation reprinted from the first edition with his preface and notes, Golden Cockerel Press, 1958, engravings by J. Yunge Bateman, top edge gilt, original red morocco gilt, slipcase (a little rubbed with partial light fading), small folio Limited edition 30/75, with extra suite of the seven plates plus two not printed. (1) £300-400
£200-300
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800 Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, [1911], text printed in colours, illuminated initials heightened in gold, colour plates and illustrations, light marginal soiling to a few leaves, top edge gilt, original vellum, upper cover with peacock design blocked in gilt, spine with morocco label and gilt decoration (very slight soiling), contained in modern foldover morocco-backed box, 4to
796 Grolier Club. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Grolier Club of New York, 1885, colour decorations, front hinge separated from text block, original foliate wrappers, contained in red cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase (a little rubbed), 8vo Limited edition 69/150. (1)
£200-300
797 Haldar (Asit-Kumar, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Indian Press, Allahabad, 1930, separate booklet with text and silk ties, 12 colour plates mounted on thick decorative card, captioned glassine guards, loose as issued in decorative cloth portfolio, wooden togs, folio, together with The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [Offices of the Studio, 1910], 12 tipped-in colour plates by Abanindro Nath Tagore, on thick card, captioned glassine guards (one detached), light marginal spotting and toning, without text booklet, loosely contained in original cloth-backed portfolio, cloth ties (lacking mostly one, some wear), spine rubbed and faded, 4to, with five others including The Authentic Rubaiyat of Omar Khayaam, illustrated by Eugeno Zanetti, Los Angeles, 1993, and Morteza Hosseini’s Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, circa 1974 (7)
Lot 800
Limited edition 533/550, signed by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe. (1) £400-600
£150-200
798 Heron-Allen (Edward, translator). The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Being a Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, with a Transcript into modern Persian Characters, H.S. Nichols, 1898, facsimile leaves, annotations and corrections throughout, light soiling and spotting front and rear, front hinge reinforced, original boards, losses at head and foot of spine, upper joint split, a few stains, folio Limited edition, one of 20 large paper copies. Edward Heron-Allen’s own proof copy, with his manuscript corrections, additions and annotations, most of which were incorporated into Nichols’ revised second edition of 1898. (1) £150-200
799 Laurentian Press. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Laurentian Press, New York, 1902, uncoloured illustrated borders, untrimmed in original boards, upper cover lettered in green with gilt decorations, spine rubbed with small chips at ends, some toning, 4to, limited edition 100/110, together with Vedder (Elihu), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Boston & London, 1884, photolithographed illustrations, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original brown cloth gilt, spine ends and corners rubbed, 4to (2)
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801 Omar Khayyam. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, George Harrap, [1914], 28 tipped-in colour illustrations photographed from life studies by Adelaide Hanscom & Blanche Cumming, top edge gilt, original red limp suede, upper cover lettered in gilt with oval illustration below, original plain wrappers (torn with loss), publisher’s cardboard box, one fold reinforced but split, 4to (1)
£150-200
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802 Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, edited by Nathan Haskell Cole, 2 volumes, Joseph Knight, Boston, 1896, portrait frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, manuscript verse at end of volume II, a few small annotations, a little light spotting, front hinge of volume II reinforced, top edge gilt, original cream cloth gilt, spines toned, a little soiled, 8vo, Variorum Edition de luxe 176/250, together with Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, edited by Nathan Haskell Cole, 2 volumes, Multi-Variorum edition, Boston & London, 1898, illustrations, bookplates, top edge gilt, original cream cloth gilt (slight soiling), red cloth wrappers, light fading to spines, 8vo, with three others including Eben Francis Thompson’s The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam, privately printed, 1910, inscribed by the author, and Francis Hindes Groome’s Edward Fitzgerald: An Aftermath, 1902, limited edition of 600
807 Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1930, 12 tipped-in colour plates, etched frontispiece signed at foot by the artist, top edge gilt, original turquoise morocco gilt, original publisher’s cardboard box (with title and limitation number), 4to
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Limited edition 19/750, signed by the artist. (1)
808 Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [1909], 24 tipped-in colour plates, one or two minor marginal spots, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed decorative boards, dust jacket, tears and losses to upper corners, tape repairs to spine and one fold recto and verso, 4to, together with two others illustrated by Pogany: The Omar Khayyam Calendar for 1913, and Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1930
£150-200
803 Omar Khayyam. Rubaghat Omar. I. Khayyam. Lucknow. A.H. 1312 (so titled to spine), i.e. Lucknow, 1894, Persian lithographed text, marginal manuscript quatrain numbers, a little light spotting, original orange wrappers (bookseller ink stamp at foot of upper wrapper), top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine faded to brown, light edge wear, 8vo
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804 Omar Khayyam. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, New Amsterdam Book Company, New York, 1901, frontispiece, additional title and 14 hand-coloured plates by Gilbert James, heightened in gold on Japanese vellum, bookplate, original boards, spine darkened, some toning and light soiling, 8vo
£200-300
810 Rosen (Friedrich, translator). Rubaijat-i-Omar-i-Khajjam, die Sinnspruche Omars des Zeltmachers, Deutschen Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1914, 32 leaves of the quatrains within rich gold and blue arabesque borders, bookplate, all edge gilt, original red morocco gilt, edges slightly rubbed and scuffed, 4to
Limited edition 6/10, signed by the publisher, from a total edition of 210. £200-300 (1)
Limited edition 34/300. (1)
805 Omar Khayyam. The Book of the Omar Khayyam Club 18921910/The Second Book of the Omar Khayyam Club 1910-1929, 2 volumes, 1910 & 1931, numerous tipped-in illustrations, previous owner signature at head of first book, original cloth-backed boards, a few light stains, 4to
£100-150
811 Vedder (Elihu, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1884, 56 photolithographed illustrations, a little minor spotting, top edge gilt, original brown bevelled cloth gilt, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, large 4to (40 x 31.5cm)
£150-200
Large paper edition. (1)
806 Omar Khayyam [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, St. Petersburg, 1888], lithographed text by Groboff in Persian, original wrappers, bookplates of Herman M. Schroeter & Willie Birkenruth, mailing envelope from Moscow to England, postmarks of 1899, and manuscript sheet translating the Russian, all bound in contemporary vellum-backed boards, spine a little soiled, 8vo One of 20 copies privately printed. (1)
£150-200
809 Riviere (Robert). The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Robert Riviere, 1928, 12 hand-coloured plates by Gilbert James, all edges gilt, original red panelled calf by Riviere & Son, covers with central panel of gilt arabesques and corner pieces, edges very slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Thomas Mosher, Portland, Maine, 1895, title printed in red and black, presentation inscription, top edge gilt, later blue morocco gilt by Hatchards, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, limited edition of 925 copies, plus another small format Rubiayat, leather bound
Provenance: Edward Heron-Allen’s copy, his inscription, March 1897 and annotations to front endpaper. £200-300 (1)
Limited edition 51/181 & 76/125 respectively. (2)
£300-400
£200-300
812 Whittington Press. The Mirror & the Eye. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Iftikhar Azimi, Whittington Press, 1984, illustrations by Richard Kennedy, top edge gilt, original vellumbacked decorative boards, slipcase, folio Limited edition 92/100, from a total edition of 126, signed by the translator and artist. (1) £100-150
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813 Anderson (Andrew). A Vision of Order, Linocuts by Andrew Anderson, Whittington Press, 2011, 30 linocut designs incorporating text and image, including several double-page, untrimmed, original quarter cloth in matching slipcase, large folio (56 x 38cm, 22 x 15ins), together with the accompanying pre-publication advertising brochure Limited edition 28/185, signed by the artist. (1)
817 Cinamon (Gerald). E.R. Weiss: The Typography of an Artist, Emil Rudolf Weiss, A Monograph by Gerald Cinamon, Oldham, Incline Press, 2010, numerous tipped-in colour and monochrome illustrations, original vellum-backed boards in matching slipcase, limited edition 44/250, together with a smaller slipcase containing related material for this publication, including Wordbook, In Memoriam Emil Rudolf Weiss, two copies of the publisher’s promotional brochure for the work, etc, folio
£200-300
814 Butcher (David). The Whittington Press: A Bibliography, 198293, compiled by David Butcher with an introduction and notes by John Randle, 1st edition, Whittington Press, 1996, numerous tipped-in colour and monochrome plates and specimen pages, including some folding, original quarter vellum gilt over marbled boards, with slipcase, folio, VG
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815 Butcher (David). The Stanbrook Abbey Press 1956-1990, with an introduction by John Dreyfus and a Memoir of Dame Hildelith Cumming by the Abbess of Stanbrook, Whittington Press, 1992, a few colour and many monochrome illustrations, including many tippedin, original quarter cloth over marbled boards, with matching slipcase, folio, limited edition 20/350 (although according to the colophon, copies numbered 1-50 should be bound in quarter vellum), together with Taylor (Michael and Sewell, Brocard), St. Dominic’s Press, A Bibliography 1916-1937, Whittington Press, 1995, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, including many tipped-in, original quarter cloth gilt, in matching slipcase, 4to, limited edition 96/400, plus Russell (Richard, editor), A History of The Marlborough College Press 1934-1984, Whittington Press, 1984, tipped-in specimen pages, original quarter blue cloth gilt, 4to, limited edition 87/220 £200-300
816 Chapman (Hilary). The Wood Engravings of Ethelbert White, with an Introduction by Peyton Skipwith, The Fleece Press, 1992, two mounted wood engravings by Ethelbert White printed from the original blocks (‘A Corner of the Forest’ and ‘Forest Pool’), separate booklet of text in original printed wrappers, all contained in original drop-over yellow cloth bookbox, with paper label to spine and upper cover, large square 4to Limited edition of 200 copies. (1)
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£150-200
818 Craig (John). Britten's Aldeburgh with eighty-one engravings & three two-colour linocuts by the author, Whittington Press, 1997, colour and monochrome illustrations, original half grey cloth with paper spine label and slipcase, folio, limited edition 141/440, signed by the artist, together with Weissenborn (Hellmuth, illustrator), The Diary of Edward Thomas, 1 January-8 April 1917, Whittington Press, 1977, 8 wood-engraved illustrations, top edge gilt, original quarter plum cloth gilt, with slipcase (rubbed and some marks), 8vo, limited edition 11/575 signed by Myfanwy Thomas, Roland Gant and Hellmuth Weissenborn, plus Pissarro (Lucien), Pastorale, wood-engravings by Lucien Pissarro, with a note on the Kelmscott paper by John Bidwell, Ashmoleon Museum, Morgan Library & Whittington Press, 2011, wood-engraved illustrations, including several in colour, by Pissarro, partly untrimmed, original boards with slipcase, small 4to, limited edition 21/300, and other Whittington Press publications, mostly bound in printed wrappers, and including London Scenes by Hellmuth Weissenborn, 2001, Richard Kennedy, A Parcel of Time, 1977, William Nicholson's An Alphabet, an introduction to the reprint from the original woodblocks by Edward Craig, 1978 (and ditto for Nicholson's An Almanac of Twelve Sports and London Types, 1980), Bench, Saw & Plane. A Cotswold Apprenticeship, by Frank Berry, 1988 (limited signed edition of 350), and A Talent for Friendship. Mavis Lowndes 1912-2008, 2011 (limited signed edition of 100)
Limited edition 7/80 bound in quarter vellum, with a set of tipped-in specimen pages, from the total edition of 380 copies. (1) £300-400
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819 Fleece Press. Tom Chadwick and the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, by Julian Francis, Fleece Press, 2012, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, including many tipped in, and a few folding, with an original wood engraving frontspiece entitled Wayside Laundry, original quarter orange cloth over patterned boards, paper label to spine, with slipcase, large square 4to, printed in an edition of 150 standard copies, together with Barnett Freedman, The Graphic Art, by Ian Rogerson, Fleece Press, 2006, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, including several folding, original red cloth with paper label to spine, large 4to, printed in an edition of 500 copies, plus Mr Derrick Harris 1919-1960 by Simon Brett, Fleece Press, 1998, colour and monochrome plates, with two separate portfolios of illustrations, all contained in original pale yellow cloth drop-over bookbox, oblong folio, printed in an edition of 280 copies, and 8 other Fleece Press publications: Edward Walters Printer & Engraver, 2013, Bookplates and Labels by Leo Wyatt, by Brian North Lee, 1988, Margaret Wells, A Selection of Her Wood Engravings, 1985, A Lakeland Diary, by Enid Wilson with wood-engravings by Kathleen Lindsley and Edward Stamp, 1985, The Auto-biography of Luke Hansard, 1991, Bookplates by Simon Brett, 1989, Herbert Hodgson Printer, Work for T.E. Lawrence & At Gregynog, 1989, and The Last Autobiographical of Thomas Bewick, with a commentary by Iain Bain, 2015, several with slipcases, 4to/8vo, all VG (11)
£300-500
820 The Fleuron, A Journal of Typography, edited by Stanley Morison, Numbers V-VI, 3 volumes, 1926-30, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, tipped-in specimens, sample papers and facsimiles, some folding, original cloth, first volume somewhat darkened to spine, 4to, together with Birmingham School of Printing. The Torch, a journal produced by students of the City of Birmingham School of Printing, numbers One & Two, 1933 & 1938 respectively, colour and monochrome illustrations, advertisements, specimen pages, etc., original blue cloth gilt/rebound in brown cloth with original cloth covers bound in, both folio, plus The Woodcut, edited by Herbert Furst, numbers II & IV, 1928 & 1930 respectively, numerous woodcuts and wood engravings by David Jones, Paul Nash, Leon Underwood, Clare Leighton and others, both original cloth, the second volume with dust wrapper (frayed and with some loss to head and foot of spine), the latter volume being one of 75 copies of the Edition Deluxe, but without the signed Eric Ravilious wood engraving, 4to, and other 1920s publications, illustrated with woodcuts, including Eric Fitch Daglish, Animals in Black and White, volumes 1-6 (complete), 1928-1929, all original printed boards in dust wrappers, volumes 3, 4 and 6 inscribed by the artist to Emmie & Sybil, and dated 1928 and 1929 to front endpapers, square 8vo, John F. Greenwood, Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge, 1926, limited edition 156/850, R.L. Stevenson, Ten Fables with twenty-one illustrations by Rachel Russell, Swan Press, Chelsea, 1928, limited edition 66/250 and Of The Western Isles, forty woodcuts by Stephen Bone with letterpress by Gertrude Bone, 1925 (16)
£200-300
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821 Folio Society. The Folio Poets (Lord Byron, Coleridge, John Donne, John Keats, Kipling, Shelley, Tennyson, Wordsworth & W.B. Yeats), 9 volumes, 2001-2013, wood engravings to each volume by Simon Brett, Miriam Macgregor, Ian Stephens, Jane Lydbury, Peter Reddick and Harry Brockway, uniformly bound in quarter leather gilt, with slipcases, large 8vo, VG (9)
£200-300
822 Freedman (Barnett). Real Farmhouse Cheese, [1939], 16 pages with 8 full-page colour lithograph illustrations, original colour lithograph pictorial wrappers, sewn as issued, very slightly rubbed to extreme corners (generally in very good condition), small slim folio, together with two Christmas cards for 1955 and 1957 from Claudia and Barnett Freedman, each signed in the artist's hand, with double-page colour lithograph illustration to inner leaves, and three other similar Christmas cards, and three colour lithographs by the artist John Christoforou, each signed and inscribed from John & Ruth Christoforou, slim 8vo/4to (8)
£70-100
823 Gill (Eric, 1882-1940). The Creation, The Visitation, Peter’s Cock, Christ and the Leper, Naked man making an Outcry, Woman in Black Frightened, Hamlet and the Ghost, together 7 woodengravings, printed from the original blocks by Hague and Gill for publication in Eric Gill, Engravings 1928-1933, published by Faber & Faber in 1934, sheet size 320 x 250mm (12.5 x 9.75ins) (7)
828 Incline Press. Derek Deadman and Rigby Graham, A Paper Snowstorm, Toni Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets, Olham, Incline Press, 2005, tipped-in plates and broadsheets, original cloth-backed boards, together with separate portfolio of original broadsheets, with slipcase, folio, limited edition 134/200, together with three other Incline Press publications: Urban Birds, 1999, rebound in contemporary decorative morocco, Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussy-cat, 2009 & Robin Flower’s translation of Pangur Ban, with Lino-cuts by Philippa Threlfall, 2010, limited editions of 180, 180 and less than 200 copies respectively
£150-200
824 Graham (Rigby). City Blues, with drawings by Rigby Graham, Brewhouse Press & St. Bernard Press, 1977, designed by Trevor Hickman, colour illustrations throughout, original moroccobacked cloth gilt, 8vo, limited edition 177/210, together with Clark (Leonard), An Intimate Landscape with Wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor, Nottingham Court Press, 1981, original clothbacked boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 154/500, plus Country Vignettes. Descriptive passages from the writings of Richard Jefferies, Hermit Press, 1991, seven engravings by Anthony Christmas, original cloth, 4to, limited edition 22/200, with others, private press etc including a bibliography of the Folio Society, 4 volumes, 1968-2007 plus checklists, 2 volumes, 1981 & 1987, Chap-Books. The Society of Private Printers, Fifth Exchange 1982-1986, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1986, limited edition of 125 (containing 28 booklets in slipcase), Out of the Ark Press, Alembic Press, Apple Barrell Press, etc (23)
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829 Libanus Press. Daylight Jobbery: Ephemera to 1985, Libanus Press, 1986, 26 sheets of mounted specimens from the press, together with one additional sheet not listed, single index leaf, all loosely contained in original Solander box (by Smith Settle of Otley), with mounted paper label to upper cover, folio, printed in an edition of 75 copies, together with The Wood Engravings of Mary Skempton, Libanus Press, Marlborough, 1989, monochrome illustrations, original quarter cloth, with gilt spine label, folio, limited edition 28/150, plus Portable Pleasures, Picnics for All Seasons, by Margot Coatts, Drawings by Ian Beck, Libanus Press, 1992, colour illustrations, original green quarter cloth over patterned boards, with paper label to upper cover, small folio, limited edition of 250 copies, this copy unnumbered, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Ryme of the Ancient Mariner, illustrated by Mervyn Peake, Libanus Press, 2003, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth gilt, folio, limited edition of 190 copies, this being one of 80 copies bound in cloth, plus The Boke of Iford compiled by Harold A. Peto, Libanus Press, 1993, original printed wrappers, folio
£200-300
825 Greenwood (Jeremy). Omega Cuts, Woodcuts and Linocuts by Artists Associated with the Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press, Wood Lea Press, 1998, tipped-in colour illustrations, and monochrome illustrations after Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, Duncan Grant, McKnight Kauffer, Simon Bussy, Edward Wadsworth and others, original cloth with slipcase (450 copies printed), together with The Graphic Work of Edward Wadsworth, Wood Lea Press, 2002, colour and monochrome illustrations, original patterned boards, with slipcase (450 copies printed), plus Margaret Bruce Wells, The Complete Wood-engravings and Linocuts, Wood Lea Press, 2000, colour and monochrome illustrations, original quarter cloth gilt over patterned boards, with slipcase (300 copies printed), all folio, VG (3)
£150-200
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£300-400
826 Greenwood (Jeremy). The Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash, a catalogue of the wood-engravings, pattern papers, etchings and an engraving on copper, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 1997, several tipped-in colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations, original quarter grey cloth gilt over patterned boards, with matching slipcase, printed in an edition of 490 copies, together with The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, a catalogue of the wood-engravings, early lithographs, etchings and engravings on metal, Liverpool, Wood Lea Press, 1987, several tipped-in colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original quarter green cloth gilt over patterned boards, with matching slipcase, printed in an edition of 750 copies, both folio, VG (2)
£200-300
827 Gregynog Press. Gregynog Poets series, 1988-1990, numbers 6, 8 & 10-12 only (of 12), wood-engravings, original wrappers, 8vo, limited numbered editions of 400, together with John Lawrence. The Four Seasons. Four wood engravings made in 1982 to illustrate the Magic Apple Tree, by Susan Hill, now issued by the Fleece Press, August 1997, four wood-engravings, each numbered, titled and signed at foot by the artist, original wrappers, folio, limited edition 115/120, with other private press booklets and pamphlets including seven Simon King Press limited editions, 1983-95, plus others with wood-engravings by Marie Hartley, Ian Stephens, Simon Brett, etc (32)
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£100-150
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830 Macgregor (Miriam). Lost Days, Poems by Jim Turner, Whittington Press, 1981, 7 colour wood engravings, untrimmed, original patterned cloth with slipcase, large 8vo, limited edition 29/100 copies, signed by author and artist, from the total edition of 500 copies, together with Bruce Mawdesley, Song of the Scythe, Whittington Press, 1983, uncoloured wood engravings, untrimmed, original quarter green cloth, in slipcase, limited edition of 650 copies, this being number 3 of 35 copies signed by artist and author, with a separate set of proofs of the engravings, each signed and numbered, bound in matching quarter cloth, large 8vo, plus Allotments, Text and Poems by R.P. Lister, Whittington Press, 1985, uncoloured wood engravings, untrimmed, original quarter cloth, with slipcase, large oblong 8vo, limited edition of 335 copies, signed by artist and author, and other Whittington Press publications illustrated by women artists: Whittington, Aspects of a Cotswold Village by Miriam Macgregor, 1991, Rudyard Kipling, The Glory of the Garden, with linocuts by Judith Verity, 1989, Gwenda Morgan, The Diary of a Land Girl 1939-1945, 2002, The Wood-engravings of Gwenda Morgan, 1985, Lost & Found, Rachel Reckitt’s Book Illustrations by Hal Bishop, 2010, An Acrobatic Alphabet, wood engravings by Barbara Crow, 1986, and Pub Signs for Samuel Webster, Forty-One wood-engravings by Kathleen Lindsley, 1983, all limited signed editions, mostly with slipcases, various sizes (10)
£200-300
831 Nonesuch Press. The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version 1611, 4 volumes, 1925-27, copper-engraved title-page to each volume, head- and tail-pieces, by Stephen Gooden, original bookplate of Herbert H. Marks to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, uniform full vellum, spines letter in gilt, some light discoloration to covers of first 2 volumes, generally in very good original condition, 4to
833 O’Connor (John). Knipton, a Leicestershire Village, with thirty-five wood-engravings by the artist, Whittington Press, 1996, tinted wood engravings, original quarter cloth over pictorial boards, in matching slipcase, folio, limited edition 11/200, signed by the artist, together with The English Scene, Whittington Press, 2004, several colour and monochrome wood engravings by John O’Connor, original red half calf over pictorial boards, in matching slipcase, large 4to, limited edition 34/200, initialled by the artist, plus People & Places, wood-engravings by John O’Connor, Whittington Press, 1999, 36 wood engravings, original blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, with handwritten note from the printer John Randle loosely inserted, 8vo, limited edition 26/375, and two others similar: The Yorkshire Dales, a further selection, wood engravings by Marie Hartley, Fleece Press, 1991, wood engraved illustrations, original green quarter cloth over patterned boards, with matching slipcase, limited signed edition 181/250 and John Clare, The Shepherd’s Calendar illustrated by John Lawrence, Paradine, 1978, tipped-in wood-engraved illustrations, original quarter green cloth gilt with matching slipcase, limited edition 267/500, signed by John Lawrence and John Randle, both small folio
Dreyfus 20. Limited edition of 1,000 on Japon vellum. The second Nonesuch commission for the engraver Stephen Gooden (after the Anacreon of 1923), and one of the most significant productions of the Nonesuch Press. (4) £200-300
832 Nonesuch Press. The Writings of William Blake, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, 3 volumes, Nonesuch Press, 1925, monochrome plates after William Blake, original vellum-backed marbled boards, limited edition 253/1500, together with The Life of William Blake by Mona Wilson, Nonesuch Press, 1927, monochrome plates, partly untrimmed, original vellum-backed marbled boards, limited edition 931/1480, all four volumes with early bookplate of Herbert H. Marks to front pastedown, uniform folio, plus John Milton, Poems in English with illustrations by William Blake, 2 volumes, Nonesuch Press, 1926, monochrome plates after Blake, partly untrimmed, original vellum-backed patterned boards, limited edition 55/1450, large 8vo, and other Nonesuch Press publications: Winter Harvest by Andrew Young, 1933, The Week-end Book, 4 editions, Nonesuch Compendious Series, Whitman Swift & Blake, all 8vo (14)
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£200-300
834 Old School Press. Old School Press. Twelve Poems, by David Burnett, Old School Press, 1994, wood-engravings by Sister Margaret Tournour, original cloth, 4to, limited edition 20/135, signed by author and artist, together with Venice Approached. An extract from John Ruskin's 'The Stones of Venice', Old School Press, 1991, original wrappers, oblong folio, limited edition 40/50, plus Chesil Beach. A Poem by David Burnett, Old School Press, 1997, wood-engraving by Christopher Wormwell, original clothbacked boards, small 4to, limited edition 69/225, signed by author and artist, with nine others including Antigone, by Desmond Post, Old School Press, 1996 (limited signed edition 24/112), A Long Story, by Andrew Motion, Old School Press, 2001 (limited signed edition 76/230), Yellow Fox Press limited editions, etc
£200-300
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838 Phipps (Howard). Stubble Burning, Poems by Roland Gant, Whittington Press, 1982, 5 wood engravings by Howard Phipps, original hessian cloth with title label to spine, and wood engraved illustration mounted to upper cover, small 4to, limited edition 37/175, signed by author and artist, together with Mountains in the Mind, Poems by Roland Gant, Whittington Press, 1987, 6 wood engravings by Howard Phipps, including colour frontispiece, original hessian cloth with printed spine label and wood engraved illustration mounted to upper cover, small 4to, limited edition 71/200, signed by author and artist, plus Ebble Valley with woodengravings and colour linocuts by the author, Whittington Press, 2007, colour linocuts and wood engraved illustrations, original green half cloth, publisher’s publicity brochure loosely inserted, with slipcase, limited edition 96/300, and 4 others similar: Further Interiors by Howard Phipps, Whittington Press, 1992, limited signed edition 18/300, Steps to the River, Poems by Roland Gant, with 8 wood-engravings by Howard Phipps, Whittington Press, 1995, limited signed edition 116/200, The Locks of the Oxford Canal, a journey from Oxford to Coventry with fifty wood-engravings by John Craig, Whittington Press, 1984, limited signed edition 73/350 and Sun, Sea & Earth, copper-engravings by Brian Hanscomb with texts by Richard Jefferies, John Clare, Edward Thomas & the artist, Whittington Press, 1989, limited edition 44/125
835 Old Stile Press. Peter Grimes from The Borough by George Crabbe, linocuts by J. Martin Pitts, Old Stile Press, 1985, colour linocut illustrations, original pictorial cloth with slipcase, large 8vo, limited edition 109/220 signed by the artist, together with Keepers of the House by George Mackay Brown, illustrated by Gillian Martin, Old Stile Press, 1986, colour illustrations, original cloth with pictorial upper cover, in slipcase, tall 8vo, limited edition 113/225, signed by the author and artist, plus Kevin Crossley-Holland, Eleanor’s Advent, engravings by Alyson MacNeill, Old Stile Press, wood engraved illustrations, original red boards with slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 191/225, signed by author and artist, and 4 other Old Stile Press publications: Alyson MacNeill, twenty-three woodengravings for The Song of the Forest by Colin Mackay, Old Stile Press, 1987, Oenone in January, by Kevin Crossley-Holland, illustrations by John Lawrence, Old Stile Press, 1988, The Way to the Tree of Life, by Michael Justin Davis, wood-engravings by Simon Brett, Old Stile Press, 1983, and A Pear of Disconnected Verses written and illustrated by Gillian Martin, Old Stile Press, 1988, all limited editions, the last two titles bound in paper wrappers, 8vo (7)
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839 Private Press Ephemera. A collection of printed brochures and ephemera for Old Stile Press, Incline Press, Fleece Press, Gregynog Press, Simon King Press, Libanus Press, Marlborough College Press, Old School Press, Previous Parrot, Rocket Press, Whittington Press, etc., circa 1980-2015, including publicity brochures, publication lists, typographic samples, advertisements, and other related material, various sizes
£150-200
836 Parenthesis. The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association, 11 volumes, a run, numbers 24-34, Spring 2013-Spring 2018, colour and monochrome illustrations, some issued with dust wrapper, each with separate portfolio of letterpress, illustration and book production, each number in its own slipcase, folio, VG Limited editions of between 80 and 95 de luxe copies. (11)
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£200-300
840 Selborne (Joanna & Newman, Lindsay). Gwen Raverat Wood Engraver, Denby Dale, The Fleece Press, 1996, tipped-in plates, monochrome illustrations, original quarter cloth with marbled boards, paper label to spine, with matching slipcase, folio, VG
£300-500
837 Parenthesis. The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association, numbers 1-30, May 1998-Spring 2016, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, all original printed wrappers, slim folio, VG (30)
£200-300
Limited edition of 300 copies, this being one of 260 copies bound in quarter cloth. (1) £200-300
£200-300
841 Smith (Edwin). A View of the Cotswolds, photographs by Edwin Smith, Whittington Press, 2005, monochrome photographic illustrations, original quarter black crushed half morocco with patterned boards and slipcase, folio Limited edition of 350 copies, this being copy LXVIII of 70 copies with two photographic prints from the original negatives in a separate portfolio. (1) £150-200
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842 Smith (Richard Shirley). Wood Engravings, A Selection, 1960 to 1977, with a foreword by Laurence Whistler, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983, wood engraved illustrations, original black quarter morocco gilt with slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 48/180, together with Bishop (Hal), The Wood Engravings of Frank Martin, with a foreword by Victor Arwas and an afterword by the artist, Previous Parrot Press, 1998, numerous woodcut plates and illustrations, original black cloth-backed patterned boards, folio, limited edition 206/280, from a total edition of 360 copies, signed by artist and author, plus Grice (Elizabeth), Norman Janes, Wood Engravings & The Man, with a foreword by Simon Brett, Gloucestershire, Evergreen Press, 2014, numerous wood engraved illustrations, including many mounted, original quarter turquoise crushed morocco, folio, limited edition 48/150, VG (3)
845 Butcher (David). The Whittington Press. A Bibliography 19711981, compiled by David Butcher with an introduction and notes by John Randle, Whittington Press, 1982, tipped-in specimen pages, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, slipcase, folio Limited edition 5/95, bound in quarter vellum, with a set of tipped-in specimen pages, from the total edition of 320. (1) £250-350
£200-300
843 Monotype Corporation. 'Monotype' Ornament Broadsheet, numbers 1-5, Redhill, Surrey, [1950-58], five single broadsheets printed in black and red, black and blue, black and purple, and black and yellow ochre, each designed by Sarah Clutton, number 5 with short closed tear repaired to lower margin, without loss, otherwise in very good condition, each 57 x 44 cm (22.5 x 17.5 ins), together with Tom Thumb's Alphabet of 'Monotype' faces & How and Why Typefaces Differ, both published Monotype Corporation, circa 1950s, plus other various typographic broadsheets including Mouldtype, Riscatype, Johnston Sans Serif Type - London Transport Executive, Monotype Classics, Headliners Wood & Foundry Type from the Morgan Press Collection, 1971, etc., all large format, various sizes (19)
846 Whittington Press. A Miscellany of Type, Compiled at Whittington, Whittington Press, 1990, colour and monochrome illustrations, specimen pages, etc., original cloth-backed patterned boards, with slipcase, folio, limited edition 172/530, together with Butcher (David), British Private Press Prospectuses 1891-2001, Whittington Press, 2001, colour and monochrome illustrations, including many tipped-in, three printed brochures in pocket at rear, original quarter cloth gilt in matching slipcase, 4to, limited edition 214/350, plus McKitterick (David), A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers, Whittington Press, 1987, tipped-in colour plates, monochrome illustrations, original quarter black cloth gilt over patterned boards, with slipcase, 4to, limited edition 222/335, and Portraits of Presses, Photographs by Ski Harrison of Fleece, Gregynog, I.M. Imprimit, Old Stile, Rampant Lions, Rocket, Tern, Whittington & CTD, with commentaries by the printers, Whittington Press, 1997, numerous monochrome plates after photographs and illustrations, original quarter black cloth gilt, spine lightly faded, in matching slipcase, square 4to, limited edition 69/500
£150-200
844 Weissenborn (Hellmuth). Fantasy, hand-coloured linocuts by Hellmuth Weissenborn, Acorn Press, 1978, 21 hand-coloured original linocuts by Weissenborn, printed on Wookey Hole handmade paper, original green boards with paper label to upper cover, in matching slipcase, folio, limited edition of 100 signed copies, this copy unsigned and unnumbered, together with Towns, with an anthology chosen by J.E. Mikellatos, Acorn Press, 1985, original colour linocuts by Weissenborn, printed by the Whittington Press for Acorn Press, original mulberry boards, sewn Japanese-style, with matching slipcase, oblong folio, limited edition 58/60 (2)
£150-200
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847 Whittington Press. Type & Typography, Highlights from Matrix, The Review for Printers and Bibliophiles, West New York, New Jersey, Mark Batty Publisher, 2003, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, signed by John Randle to title, original half red crushed morocco, with slipcase, 4to One of 80 special copies, hand bound with a separate folder of type specimens specially designed for this volume. (1) £100-150
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848 Whittington Press. The Four Elements, published for the Friends of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 1991, two series, each containing four broadside poems by Seamus Heaney, Lawrence Sail, Jenny Joseph and Lawrie Lee, each signed by the poet, one series with wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor, the other by Gwenda Morgan, loose as issued in original wrappers (slight fading), limited edition of 51/125 & 102/125, together with A Sense of Place, the Friends of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Whittington Press, 2000, four broadside poems, each with wood-engraving by John O'Connor, by P.J. Kavanaugh, U.A. Fanthorpe, Peter Porter and Carol Ann Duffy, each signed at foot by the poet, loosely contained in original wrappers, plus four other unsigned broadside poems from the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 1989 (4)
£200-300
850 Whittington Press. Veni Creator Spiritus, by Andrew Anderson, Whitsunday 14th. May 1967, printed broadsheet with woodcut design by Andrew Anderson printed in red, on Ingres laid paper, 47.5 x 28cm (18.75 x 11ins), together with other Whittington Press typograph broadsheets, including reprints of William Nicholson's Londontypes, Whittington Press Open Day 3rd September 2016 (linocut by Mark Arman), a colour linocut by Peter Allen, printed for the Whittington Summer Show 1995, signed and dated, a signed hand-coloured linocut by Judith Verity, printed in an edition of 100 copies for the 1983 Whittington Summer Show, and several folded prospectuses for Whittington Press publications, including Harlequinade, 1979, John Craig's Venice, 2015, The Glory of the Garden, 1989, John Randle, Slow Ride to India, 2017, and Posters from Whittington 1996-2013 by John & Patrick Randle, 2003, etc., various sizes, generally VG
849 Whittington Press. Twenty Summer Show Posters, 1983-2017, printed in linocut, wood engraving, and pochoir, on laid and some wove paper, artists include Hellmuth Weissenborn, John Lawrence, Miriam Macgregor, Peter Allen, Tom Brassington, Rachel Reckitt, John Smith, Gwenda Morgan, John O'Connor, Norman Janes, & Vance Gerry Includes posters for the years 1983-1985, 1991-1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009-2014 and 2017. (20) £150-200
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851 Ashendene Press. Thucydides, [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, limited edition, Ashendene Press, 1930, main text printed in Ptolemy type, decorative initials designed by Graily Hewitt and Blado Italic side notes printed in red, edges untrimmed, original pigskin by W. H. Smith, spine lettered in gilt, a few faint spots and marks to boards, small scuff to rear board, cardboard slipcase (worn and marked), folio (40 x 26.5cm) One of 260 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert (‘Robin’) Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription ‘Robin White, April 1931’ to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (1) £1000-1500
853 Cranbook Press. The Pleasures of Planting and Other Thoughts by George G. Booth, Detroit, Michigan, Cranbrook Press, 1902, title with woodcut decorative border, decorative woodcut initials, partly uncut, original half vellum, with gilt title label to spine, with frayed protective plain brown paper wrapper, 8vo Limited edition of 210 copies, this copy unnumbered. (1)
£200-300
854 Essex House Press. The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games, hitherto unpublished, and now edited with a study on the old time sports of Campden and the village community of Weston, by C.R. Ashbee, Essex House Press, 1904, wood-engraved illustrations, one or two light spots, original cream buckram, some toning to spine and extremities, small 4to, limited edition of 75, this copy unnumbered (Tomkinson 50), together with The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons. Being Random Reflections upon the Silver Jubilee of King George V, by L.A.G. Strong, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting, presentation inscription, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed and toned, 8vo
852 Brontë (Charlotte, Emily, & Anne). [The novels], 11 volumes, Oxford: at the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1931, 32 plates including frontispieces (nearly all etchings by Jack Hewer), title pages printed in red and black, light spotting or browning to endpapers and a few frontispieces, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original orange cloth, a few marks, spines slightly rolled, light fraying to headcaps of a few volumes, tips variably bumped and worn, portable wooden book stand, 8vo
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Lot 855 855 Golden Cockerel Press. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, with Wood Engravings by Eric Gill, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31, woodcut decorative borders, full- and half-page illustrations, line-fillings, and tailpieces, all by Eric Gill, woodcut initials by Gill printed in red, blue or black, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original orange quarter niger by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, patterned paper boards, spines sunned, a few small abrasions to spine of volume 2, volume 4 spine slightly mottled and with small chip on front joint, folio Chanticleer 63, Gill 281. Number 132 of 485 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert (‘Robin’) Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscriptions ‘Robin White, April 1929 [-March 1931’ to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (4) £2000-3000
856 Golden Cockerel Press. Twelfth Night, or What You Will, by William Shakespeare, with engravings by Eric Ravilious, Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932, pictorial woodcut borders and vignettes printed in colours, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original orange half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, pictorial cloth sides, cloth very slightly rubbed and with a few areas of faint discolouration, very small section of fraying to top edge of front board, folio Chanticleer 82. Limited edition, number 265 of 275 copies. (1)
858 Golden Cockerel Press. Julius Caesar’s Commentaries, A Modern Rendering by Somerset de Chair, Engravings by Clifford Webb, Golden Cockerel Press, 1951, wood engraved illustrations, partly untrimmed, original two-tone cloth gilt, folio, limited edition 293/320, together with One Hundred and Eleven Poems by Robert Herrick, selected, arranged & illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint, Golden Cockerel Press, 1955, colour and tinted illustrations, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed blue cloth gilt, small folio, limited edition 360/550, plus Nonesuch Press. The Complete Works of George Farquhar, edited by Charles Stonehill, 2 volumes, 1930, partly untrimmed, original quarter vellum gilt, 4to, limited edition 21/100 copies on hand-made paper (from the total edition of 1000 copies), and five other private press editions: Henry Fielding, The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, Scholartis Press, 1929, bound in vellum, John Donne, X Sermons, Nonesuch Press, 1923, limited edition 345/725, Ambrose Bierce, Battle Sketches, with 8 engravings on wood by Thomas Derrick, Shakespeare Head Press, 1930, bound in full vellum, Malleus Maleficarum translated by Montague Summers, John Rodker, 1928, limited edition 10075/1275, London, A Poem by Samuel Johnson, Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1946, and John Evelyn, Memoires, Nonesuch Press, 1926
£500-800
857 Golden Cockerel Press. The Voyage of the Challenger. A Personal Narrative of the Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe in the Years 1872-1876 by Navigating Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Swire, 2 volumes, limited edition, Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, printed in Perpetua type on Van Gelder paper, colour frontispieces and plates, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original two-tone cloth, original blue cloth slipcase (slightly rubbed), folio, number 10 of 300 copies, together with: A Voyage round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution, by Anders Sparrman, limited edition, Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, printed in Perpetua type on Arnold’s mouldmade paper, woodcut frontispiece and vignettes by Peter Barker-Mill, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original cloth, folio, number 334 of 350 copies; Shelley at Oxford. The Early Correspondence of P. B. Shelley with his Friend T. J. Hogg, limited edition, Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, printed in Perpetua type on Arnold’s mould-made paper, 4 portrait plates, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original orange quarter niger, backstrip slightly mottled, 4to, number 223 of 500 copies (3)
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859 Hardy (Thomas). Tess of the d’Urbevilles, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926, woodcut frontispiece, plates and headpieces by Vivien Gribble, folding map of Wessex to rear, contents entirely unopened, original quarter vellum, lower outer corners of boards minutely rubbed and bumped, folio
860 Hardy (Thomas). The Dynasts, 3 volumes, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927, etched portrait frontispiece by Francis Dodd, signed by the artist in pencil, title pages printed in red and black, headings and shoulder-notes printed in red, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original vellum-backed patterned paper boards, folio
Purdy p. 77. First edition illustrated by Vivien Gribble, large-paper issue, one of 325 copies signed by Thomas Hardy. There were also 1500 unsigned copies in octavo. Provenance: Robert (‘Robin’) Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription ‘Robin White, January 1938’ to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (1) £700-1000
Purdy pp. 134-5. Deluxe edition on large paper, limited to 525 copies signed by Hardy. (3) £200-300
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862 Kelmscott Press. Poems by the Way. Written by William Morris, limited edition, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1891, printed with Golden type on Flower (1) paper, woodcut border and initials, printer’s device to contents leaf and colophon, side- and shoulder notes and some lines in red, original blue stiff vellum, wear along top edges of spine and boards, silk ties slightly frayed, one torn but extant, 4to Peterson A2. Rare variant blue vellum binding. ‘Cockerell, calling at Kelmscott House on 5 November [1891], observed “several copies of Poems by the Way on the dining room table with covers stained red, yellow, blue & green”‘ (Peterson); no other such copies traced in auction records. (1) £500-800
861 Kelmscott Press. Sidonia the Sorceress. By William Meinhold. Translated by Francesca Speranza, Lady Wilde, limited edition, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893, printed in Golden type on Flower (2) paper, woodcut initials, borders and colophon device, chapter headings, speakers’ names and side notes printed in red, intermittent shallow tide-mark extending from top edges, undulation to text block, original limp vellum, covers marked and warped, silk ties mostly perished (remains laid in), large 4to in 8s Peterson A19. One of 300 copies on paper. (1)
£500-800
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863 Kelmscott Press. The Tale of the Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea, Kelmscott Press, 1894, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris, untrimmed, top edge with ink stain to first gathering (just seeping into extremities of margins), original holland-backed boards, a few minor marks, 16mo
865 Lion and Unicorn Press. The Wood-Engravings of Eric Ravilious, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972, numerous illustrations, a few biro annotations to introduction leaves, original cloth, illustration in black to upper cover, some slight fading, folio Limited edition, number 56 from an unspecified edition. (1)
£200-300
One of 525 copies on Perch paper. Peterson A26. Inscribed: ‘to Theodore Watts from William Morris Oct 23rd. 1894’. Walter Theodore Watts (18321914) is better known as Theodore Watts-Dunton (he incorporated his mother’s maiden name in 1897). Known primarily as a literary critic and for his writings about the Romany people, Watts-Dunton moved in artistic circles, counting amongst his friends Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, Alfred Tennyon and Algernon Charles Swinburne (whom he famously took care of in extremis). He was also a patron of the Kelmscott Press and an intimate friend of William Morris. There were plans at the Press to publish Watts-Dunton’s poetry collection, ‘The Coming of Love’, which told the story of gypsy Rhona Boswell and her upper class lover. Sadly for the poet Morris died before the project could come to fruition (see Peterson B4). (1) £1000-1500
866 Nonesuch Press. The Works of Shakespeare, 7 volumes, Nonesuch Press, 1929-33, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original tan morocco, one or two spines a little darkened, 8vo, with a loose prospectus for the work Limited edition 978/1050. (8)
£400-600
867 Shakespeare Head Press. Ernest Gimson, His Life & Work, 1924, 60 monochrome plates, letterpress engravings, errata slip, endpapers partially toned, untrimmed, original linen-backed boards, with printed paper spine label (spare label tipped-in on rear pastedown), spine slightly darkened and frayed at ends, corners showing, 4to Limited edition, 82/500 copies. (1)
868 Shakespeare (William). The Poems of William Shakespeare, Kelmscott Press, 1893, facsimile edition, Paradine Publications, 1975, finely produced facsimile edition with text printed in red and black, original limp full vellum with yapp fore-edges, spine blocked in gold, with green silk ties, together with accompanying printed booklet, both contained in original slipcase, 8vo
864 La Fontaine (Jean de). The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translated into English Verse by Edward Marsh, limited edition, William Heinemann Ltd, 1931, engraved title page to each volume and 24 plates by Stephen Gooden, edges untrimmed, original vellum, some discolouration and surface-wear, 8vo, number 193 of 525 copies signed by Marsh and Gooden, together with: James (Henry), The Turn of the Screw. Illustrated by Mariette Lydis, limited edition, Aldington, Kent: Hand and Flower Press, 1940, frontispiece and plates, edges untrimmed, original quarter cloth, spine slightly faded and marked, folio, number 54 of 200 copies; Kempis (Thomas à), The Imitation of Christ, limited edition, Philip Allan and Company, 1923, pictorial borders, initials printed in blue, original cloth-backed boards, upper outer corners bumped, folio, number 95 of 100 copies on hand-made paper (4)
£150-200
Limited edition 31/100 copies, initialled by the binder Alfred Brazier and the pressman Ridley Burnett. (1) £100-150
869 Smith (Percy J., illustrator). The Child Angel, A Dream, by Charles Lamb, London: Chiswick Press, 1910, title with wood engraved vignette, three wood engraved illustrations in letterpress, printed in red & black, with numerous decorative initials in red, endpapers toned, original cloth-backed boards, spine browned, front board a little bowed, small 4to Limited edition, 483/500 copies. A scarce Percy J. Smith illustrated title. (1) £100-150
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LITERARY & HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS 871* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1857-1941). A group of three scrap albums compiled by Leila Evelyn Landon, relating to the events of the Second Boer War, with some references to her husband Major Kenneth McLaren’s involvement in the War, and a revealing telegram from Baden-Powell, 1899-1901, largely comprising hundreds of cuttings from newspapers and magazines of the day, one cutting [Daily Mail, 17 April 1900] giving the first news of McLaren’s capture, ‘he was now lying dangerously wounded in a laager two miles from the town. Owing to this officer being a Freemason, and to his meeting brother masons among the Boers, he is receiving every attention, and their anxiety on his account is quite remarkable. They send daily bulletins, and the last accounts were favourable. Sarah Wilson’; plus occasional further pencil corrections and notes to cuttings; a few scattered related ink signatures of officers involved including R.S.S. Baden-Powell, H. Plumer, W.P. Symons, Fred. Hammersley, A. Wormald, D.E. Wood, E.D. Miller; a pencil sketch map of Camp Junction, Limpopo; two menu invitations to Private W.H.F. Landon (Leila’s brother); plus various telegrams sent to Mrs McLaren, mostly by her husband, messages reading: ‘Buller has relieved Ladysmith’, 1 March 1900; ‘Cronje has surrendered’, 27 February 1900; handwritten copy of a telegram sent by Lord Roberts to Colonel Plumer after the Relief of Mafeking; ‘Roberts has taken Pretoria after twelve hours fighting’ (date stamp indistinct); ‘Splendid victory by Hunter 500 Boers captured’ (30 July 1900); plus an interesting telegram sent by Baden-Powell to McLaren, received by the Eastern Telegraph Company from Funchal via Eastern, 23 July 1901, to McLaren, S.A. Constabulary, Colonial Office, London, ‘Could you put me up Friday night incognito Bloater’; plus a few items loosely inserted including a short autograph note initialled in Kenneth McLaren’s hand, Shashi Patrol, December 1899, concerning reconnaissance, a total of approximately 110 stiff card leaves, some leaves detached, contemporary red half roan, worn, covers detached and backstrips deficient, folio
870* Alfonso XIII (1886-1941, King of Spain). Signed photograph, 1926, three-quarter length portrait of the seated King in uniform, gelatin silver print, 21 x 16cm, original mount of Kavlak, Madrid, with printed credit lower right, signed and inscribed on the mount in bold black ink to French entertainer Maurice Chevalier and dated 1926, faint and barely perceptible horizontal crease, some toning to mount
Kenneth McLaren was a Major in the 13th Hussars Regiment of the British army. After his military service he assisted with the growth of the Scouting movement, founded by his friend Robert Baden-Powell. In 1898 McLaren married Leila Evelyn Landon, who died in 1904. During the Second Boer War in South Africa McLaren was gravely wounded at the siege of Mafeking in March 1900, falling prisoner to the Boers.
In 1911, the young Chevalier began a relationship with Mistinguett at the Folies Bergere, where he was her 23-year-old dance partner. He was drafted into the army during World War I and captured by Germany as a prisoner of war. He spent two years in a German prison camp before King Alfonso XIII, an admirer of Mistinguett, intervened to free him through a ruse. Alfonso was the only king of a neutral country who was related to both the British and German royal families, and was able to set up an exchange of captured German and French ambulance workers. Chevalier, posing as an ambulance worker, was freed. (1) £300-400
McLaren first met Baden-Powell (also a 13th Hussars officer) in 1881. Although McLaren was 20 at the time, Baden-Powell nicknamed him ‘The Boy’, on account of his young appearance. In turn, McLaren’s nickname for BadenPowell was ‘Bloater’. The two became good friends, their relationship being one of the most important friendships in Baden-Powell’s life. McLaren was one of the staff at Baden-Powell’s Brownsea Island Scout Camp in 1907 and Baden-Powell convinced McLaren to be his first manager at the C. Arthur Pearson Ltd office of The Scout magazine but McLaren resigned that position in March 1908. Relations between the two ceased upon McLaren’s second marriage in 1910 to Ethyl Mary Wilson (his nurse). Baden-Powell considered Ethyl below McLaren’s station and advised against the marriage. There has been much speculation about Baden-Powell’s sexuality, much of this attention following in the decades since Tim Jeal’s exhaustive biography Baden-Powell (Hutchinson, 1989), wherein he closely scrutinised the relationship between ‘Bloater’ and ‘Boy’. Jeal stopped short of concluding that the relationship was in any sense sexual or romantic, but reveals a very close bond which, had it been made public, would have scandalised Edwardian social attitudes. Tim Jeal wrote that ‘The available evidence points inexorably to the conclusion that Baden-Powell was a repressed homosexual’; but the telegram from Bloater to McLaren included in these albums hints that the relationship may have been more than just platonic. Certainly, the fact that McLaren’s wife Leila, who compiled these albums, saw fit to include this telegram, the meaning of which must have been clear to her, suggests that she privately accepted the relationship or affair, whatever her true feelings about it were. (3) £800-1200
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873* Bax (Clifford, 1886-1962). A group of 52 autograph letters, three postcards and two typed letters, variously signed or initialled 'Clifford Bax', 'Clifford', 'C.B.', etc., Ivy Bank, Hampstead and various other addresses, largely undated but including dates 1908, 1915, 1918 and 1945, the correspondence covering a longlasting friendship, with discussion of poetry, plays, manuscripts and friendships, some occasional soiling and creasing and some marginal splits, two letters written in pencil, a total of approximately 130 pages, various sizes, some with pin holes to upper left corner, together with other correspondence, mostly to Dorothy including some addressed to her as Miss Field, correspondence includes 12 letters from the pianist Fanny Davies (1861-1934), Annie Besant (x2), John Murray, Ann Ritchie, Lord Gorell, F.C.C. Watts, V.A. Demant, Adrian Brunel, etc., some addressed to her as Miss Field and the letters from Fanny Davies largely addressing her as Minnie, various subjects including story and poetry publication, theosophy and religion, personal correspondence, etc., plus some related notes and scraps
872* Bax (Arnold, 1883-1953). A group of 30 autograph letters, mostly Ivy Bank, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, plus some in Ireland, all undated but circa 1900, to his good friend Dorothy Short, concerning their lives, thoughts and feelings, with references to poetry, meetings and friends, two written in pencil, largely signed 'Arnold' but some unsigned, a total of approximately 95 pages, mostly 8vo Arnold Bax attended the Hampstead Conservatoire during the 1890s and in 1900 moved on to the Royal Academy of Music, where he remained until 1905. Most of the letters are written from the family home of Ivy Bank but also include five from Ireland which Bax first visited in 1902. The one dated letter from Hotel Metropole, Dublin, 14 April 1908 dates from the time he began his trilogy of tone poems called Eire, the beginnings of the composer's mature style. Nonetheless, none of the letters seem to specifically address the subject of music in this private correspondence. See footnote to lot 881. (a folder) ÂŁ500-800
Clifford Bax, brother of the composer Arnold Bax, was a versatile English writer known as a playwright and poet, journalist, critic and editor. See footnote to lot 881. (approx. 100)) ÂŁ300-500
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874 Blagg (Mary Adela, 1858-1944). The Ugly Prince, 1906, 64pp. manuscript, first and final leaves browned, some minor chipping and fraying to edges, manuscript title on front pastedown, with inscription beneath ‘For Miss A.N. Bowers From the Author January 1906’, original stiff oilcloth wrappers, upper cover with manuscript title label, slim 4to, together with Four Fairy Tales, 1st edition, Cheadle: J. Lowndes, 1911, occasional light spotting, foliate endpapers, manuscript inscription on front free endpaper ‘Félicité Hardcastle With good wishes for her birthday, July 1; from the authoress. 1911’, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened and a little frayed at ends, upper cover gilt decorated (slightly dulled), 8vo ‘The Ugly Prince’ is the first of the ‘Four Fairy Tales’ in the published book, and the manuscript predates publication by five years. There are slight deviations between the written and printed versions. English astronomer Mary Adela Blagg was, in January 1916, one of the first women to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Her pioneering work on the standardisation of lunar nomenclature and the analysis of variable stars is widely known. Rather less well-known is her foray into the writing of children’s books. ‘Four Fairy Tales’ appears to be her only fictional publication, and is itself rare, with the British Library copy the only listing on COPAC. Historian and naturalist Félicité Frances Hardcastle (1903-1988) was the daughter of Joseph Alfred Hardcastle (1868-1917) and great grand-daughter of illustrious astronomer Sir William Herschel. Her father, Joseph, was instrumental in setting Blagg on her astronomical path. She attended a local lecture series by him in Cheadle (where she lived all her life) and by 1906 he had arranged for the publication of her analysis of a year’s worth of star observations, 4,000 in all. Hardcastle also helped guide Blagg to both of the fields already mentioned in which she did her best work. Mary Blagg’s sister Alice married a William Eli Bowers. (2) £400-600
875* Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord, 1788-1824). A piece of red damask material from the bed curtains of the bridal bed of Lord and Lady Byron, 1815, approximately 14 x 21cm, loosely window-mounted in card held by two butterfly clips with a typed initialled note by Harold Nicolson pasted to verso, ‘This piece of damask was given me by James Pope-Hennessy. It comes from the bed at Seaham [Hall, County Durham], in which Byron spent his bridal night. There was a fire in the room and the red curtains were drawn round the bed. Byron woke up to see the flames playing through the curtains [of the flickering candlelight]. He said “Am I in Hell?” Lady Byron was much wounded by this remark. H.N. 1939’, preserved in a contemporary quarter morocco folder Provenance: The item is accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Harry [Pratley], 19051987], a legendary bookdealer from Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The letter, dated 21 December 1974, and refers to this fragment: ‘The fabric is worthy companion to Nelson’s watch. The voice of the sceptic (always aroused by such things) may be at least muted since the recipient was Harold Nicolson [1886-1968], and the donor James Pope-Hennessy [1916-1974] whose blessing it must have had! I suppose a certain extra macabre interest is given to it by his murder this year [Pope-Hennessy was brutally murdered by three young men in his London flat on 25 January 1974] - hardly a Christmas thought! (It came from Sissinghurst [home of Harold Nicolson and his wife Vita Sackville-West])’. Lord Byron married Annabella Milbanke at Seaham Hall, Country Durham, on 2 January 1815. The short-lived marriage did not get off to a good start. The poet Samuel Rogers remembered from reading Byron’s destroyed memoirs that Byron, startled from his dreams and seeing the red bedcurtains illuminated by the flickering candlelight, screamed, ‘Good God, I am surely in hell’. (1) £2000-3000
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877* Charles (Prince of Wales, & Diana, Princess of Wales). Threequarter length portrait of the arm-in-arm couple, 1990, colour photograph, 12.5 x 10cm, signed by both on mount beneath, ‘Diana’ and ‘Charles’, dated 1990 in Diana’s holograph, ink a little faded with some loss of legibility of date, mounted in green straight-grain morocco desk frame with gilt-embossed Prince of Wales crest at head, cloth support strut missing, overall 24 x 18cm
876* Charles (Prince of Wales, born 1948). Typed letter signed, ‘Charles’, Highgrove House, 6 August 1990, to Mrs Williams, ‘Just a short line to say how sad I am to learn you are retiring on 17th August and to send you endless good wishes for all your future activities - especially with the racing! I shall miss your presence on future visits to Wales. It was one of the chief attractions of South Glamorgan, as far as I was concerned!’, with apologies for his awful writing, ‘but I am trying to learn to write with my left hand, since breaking my arm, and not being very successful!’, salutation and sentiment in the Prince’s holograph in brown ink, one page, 4to, together with a second typed letter signed from Prince Charles, Balmoral Castle, 19 April 1993, to Susan, on hearing that she has ‘recently given up being Chairman of PYBT [Princes Youth Business Trust] in South Wales, so I wanted to thank you most warmly for all the work that you’ve done for my Trust over many years’ and saying that he is told that under her leadership the Trust ‘has helped 1,000 businesses with total funds of £2 million in bursaries and loans. This is a wonderful achievement and a reflection of your dedication and commitment to helping disadvantaged young people who set themselves up in business’, and wishing her well for the future, salutation and sentiment in the Prince’s holograph in black ink, small split to upper margin, one page, folio
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£500-800
878* Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Cut signature, ‘W.S. Churchill’, early 20th century, in black ink, clipped from the lower left corner of a black-edged envelope, together with other miscellaneous mostly clipped Edwardian political and legal autographs, including R.B. Haldane, James Bryce, Lord Balfour, Henry Chaplin, Lord Wemyss, Alfred Lyttelton, John Morley, Robert Cecil, Bernard Coleridge, etc. (approx. 30)
£150-200
879* Earhart (Amelia, 1897-1937). Ink signature ‘Amelia M. Earhart’, written in black ink on a small piece of paper, 6 x 10cm, mounted with a reproduction illustration and printed brief biography of Earhart above and below (1)
A nice pairing of autograph examples by Prince Charles, using both left and right hands. (2) £200-300
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880* Edward VIII (1894-1972, King of the United Kingdom). Autograph letter signed, 'David', H.M.S. Renown, Portsmouth, 5 August 1919 (4.30 pm), to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward, in bold pencil, in full: ‘Darling, darling sweetheart, my family have just left and I'm scribbling this little note before we sail!! Bless you for your sweet little letter which I've just opened and read and all the divine marvellous things you say to your little boy darling. God! I'm miserable beloved one waiting till we sail at 6.00. It will be better once we shove off and get out to sea. I wanted to give Bertie [his brother, later King George VI] a tiny note for you angel but never got a chance to write a word; I've asked him to ring you up when he gets back to London and perhaps you will see him a moment so that he can give you my love and news of me!! My very own darling precious beloved little Fredie I did feel such a brute coming round this morning after all you said and when I knew you didn't want me to. But sweetheart I just couldn't keep away; pleath [sic] try to forgive me and not be too angwy [sic] and I feel happier having seen your darling sacred little self since last night when I was in such rotten form and so foul to you angel!! God!! how I love you love you darling darling sweetheart madly and desparately [sic] and I'm merely living for my return to YOU; this trip will only be an existence tho’ I'm going to work so so hard darling to try to make it a success and I shall be so busy that I think the time will go quickly!! I'll write a little bit every day and post letters whenever I can do to 1, Cumberland Terrace and you'll always write to St James' Palace wont [sic] you baby mine? No time for more as last orderly leaves ship with letters at 5.00 and I do so want you to get this to-morrow morning!! Au revoir petite chérie adorée à moi and bless you bless you for ever for all your marvellous divine sweetness to your v.v. [very very] own devoted petit amoureux, your David’, with a cramped PS written vertically underneath the signature across the page at head of the first page, ‘You [I] will be thinking of you every second Fredie darling darling till we meet again. How I love you love you for having cried so much sweetheart it was divine of you to feel like that and God I feel like howling just now’, four pages on HMS Renown letterhead, light creasing, with original stamped and postmarked envelope (5 August, 7.30pm) addressed in ink in the Prince of Wales’s holograph to ‘Mrs W. Dudley Ward, 38, Cambridge Street, Edgeware [sic] Road, London W.’, wax seal to verso, the two items presented centrally in a double-sided window-mount with two related reproduction illustrations, overall 37 x 70cm A passionate and revealing letter from the besotted Prince of Wales to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983), Marquesa de Casa Maury. Freda had married the Rt. Hon. William Dudley Ward, Liberal MP for Southampton, in 1913, but the ensuing relationship between the Prince of Wales and the married Ward became common knowledge, and not just in aristocratic circles. Winston Churchill observed in 1927, after travelling with them on a train, ‘It is quite pathetic to see the Prince and Freda. His love is so obvious and undisguisable’. Freda remained a close confidante of Edward's until 1934 when his relationship with Wallis Simpson began. The prince wrote hundreds of letters to Freda, most of which were thought lost or destroyed but in 1996 Rupert Godfrey by chance discovered a group of 262 letters written by Edward to Freda, and published many of these in his book, Letters from a Prince (Little, Brown, 1998). Edward’s relationship with Freda is explored in a recently published book, Rachel Trethewey, Before Wallis: Edward VIII’s Other Women, (Stroud: The History Press, 2018), a copy of which is included with this lot. (2) £2000-3000
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881* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). A group of four typed letters signed, ‘T.S. Eliot’, Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, London, WC1, 9 June to 21 July 1943, to Mrs [Dorothy] Dudley Short, concerning her intention to organise a poetry recital at the Wigmore Hall, on behalf of the Arts and Letters Sectional Committee of the National Council of Women of Great Britain, for Aid to China, the first letter agreeing with the general principle but saying ‘I don’t think, however, that the Wigmore Hall is particularly good for poetry readings. It is too big’, and concluding later, ‘I should be very imprudent if I consented to read my poems without knowing what other authors are to be invited to speak and who are likely to accept’, the second weighing up the pros and cons of the Wigmore Hall and the Aeolian Hall and suggesting poets are chosen from a younger generation, ‘Those amongst whom I was included at the Aeolian Hall were all poets whose reputations had been made twenty years or more ago. I think there might be more general interest now in a reading drawn from the works of the younger men of whom Stephen Spender, Day Lewis and Louis MacNeice are the available elders’, referring to some of the poets she mentions that are not likely to be available, ‘Aldous Huxley and W.H. Auden are in America and Harold Monroe has been dead for some years. I do not think that it would be easy to induce Siegfried Sassoon to come up from the country for anything of this kind. You might do best to get in touch with Stephen Spender who, incidentally, has the advantage of taking a sympathetic interest in Chinese affairs’, Short’s pencil notes at foot of letter, the third letter (not on Faber letterhead) apologising that he has been away on holiday in the New Forest and wanting to clear up some of the details of the readings, with one sentence added in holograph, a little soiled lower left, the fourth letter saying that everything seems satisfactory and hoping that the Chinese Ambassador and Lord David Cecil will accept, suggesting also that it ‘seems to me rather a pity to issue a circular of the meeting until you can give them names of all the poets taking part but perhaps there is a special reason for this. As for how long each poet should hold the floor, that depends partly on how many poets there are altogether. When you have got all the poets I think the time should be divided up evenly between them and alphabetical order is probably the least invidious’, and concluding ‘When the time limit is fixed, people should be asked at least to time themselves conscientiously beforehand so that they will not over-run’, Short’s pencil notes upper right, all somewhat creased and a little frayed at edges with minor marks, pin holes to upper left corners, each one page, 4to Dorothy (Field) Dudley Short was the author of children's books, poems, reviews and books and articles of Sikhism and theosophy. She was married to the caricaturist Norman Dudley Short. She was reporter for The Times Educational Supplement, 1923-27; an activist and later local and national officer of the National Council of Women of Great Britain, 1930-1950s. See also lots 882-886 and 891 & 892. The poetry recital did go ahead at the Wigmore Hall on 14 September 1943. Dorothy Dudley Short edited an anthology of the poems read, on behalf of the Arts and Letters Sectional Committee of the National Council of Women of Great Britain. This was published as Poet's Choice in 1945. The authors represented were Clifford Bax, Edmund Blunden, T.S. Eliot, S.I. Hsiung, Cecil Day Lewis, Louis MacNeice, Kathleen Raine, Ann Ridler, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Dorothy Wellesley and George Yeh. (4) £700-1000
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882* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). Typed letter signed, ‘T.S. Eliot’, Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, London, WC1, 6 September 1943, to Mrs [Dorothy Dudley] Short, concerning his choice of poems [for the upcoming reading at the Wigmore Hall, 14 September 1943], ‘I propose to read three poems: “Gerontion”, “The Journey of the Magi”, and “Marina”. That will take about ten minutes. But perhaps it is better not to announce the poems in advance. Unless several of the poems on your list fail you, I think that is too long; and I think it is possible that the Chinese may take longer than expected, and as they are guests of honour they cannot be interrupted. So I shall probably read only two of these three’, slight toning to right margin and small spot lower right blank area, punch hole upper left corner, minor creasing, one page, 4to (1)
884* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). A group of four typed letters signed, Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, London, WC1, 28 August to 30 October 1945, all to Mrs [Dorothy] Dudley Short, relating to the poetry recital given at the Wigmore Hall [14 September 1943], the first saying he cannot remember whether he read ‘The Fire Sermon’ or not, ‘If I did, I am pretty sure that I would have read the whole of that section of “The Waste Land” entire. Somebody else who was present might remember, but if you are pressed for time you are at liberty to include the “Fire Sermon” [these last three words inserted in Eliot’s holograph] on the same terms as “Gerontion” and “Journey of the Magi”, the second saying that Faber cannot afford to undertake any anthology of this type at this time, the third saying that he does not feel any enthusiasm for the general publication of an anthology of this kind as there are other anthologies for the general reader, ‘and I doubt whether any of us [poets] would be keen to be represented in an anthology solely by a piece which we had chosen as suitable for recitation to a particular audience. As for a private impression of these poems to be circulated only to the National Council of Women, that is another affair’, saying he has no personal objection, five words added in his holograph, the fourth thanking her for the proof of the booklet which he returns herewith and expressing concerns that the book is being offered to the general public in which case ‘we should have to insist upon fees for the several authors’, the final letter thanking her for the copy of ‘Poets Choice’, and saying that as there is so little space for reviews, such reviews should be confined to books which the public could obtain, minor creasing, all on Faber letterhead, punch holes and pin marks to upper left corners, each one page, 4to
£300-400
883* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). Typed letter signed, ‘T.S. Eliot’, Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, London, WC1, 8 September 1943, to Mrs [Dorothy] Dudley Short, apologising for not writing sooner telling her which poems he would read, concluding that ‘It would be a great pleasure to have dinner with your party afterward, but unfortunately Tuesday is my fire watching evening and I have to be back at Russell Square by 8 o’clock, so I am afraid that it is impossible’, minor creasing, punch hole upper left, one page, 4to
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Eliot undertook fire-warden duties during the war, the experiences of which give background to ‘Little Gidding’, the last of his Four Quartets, finished the previous year. (1) £300-400
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Lot 886
885* Sitwell (Edith, 1887-1964). A group of six autograph letters signed, 'Edith Sitwell', Renishaw Hall, Renishaw, near Sheffield, and penultimate letter The Sesame Club, 49 Grosvenor Street, London W1, 21 July to 6 September 1943 and 2 October 1945, all to [Dorothy Dudley] Short in connection with the poetry recital at the Wigmore Hall on 14 September 1943, the first apologising for not replying earlier but the letter must have been lost and that her 'brother Osbert and I will be delighted to read for you on Tuesday the 14th of September, at the Wigmore Hall. I hope my telegram reached you yesterday (included with the lot, frayed with loss to edges). We hope the Reading will be a great success and bring in a lot of money', the second letter asking to be sent a complete list of the other poets, the third letter saying that they have not chosen the poems yet but that she will be reading her 'Lullaby' (Street Songs), telling that Osbert asks 'to recommend you most strongly to confine the poets to 6 minutes each, the fourth letter mentioning 'I am afraid the two poor young ladies in the programme will feel very nervous - not so much of the audience, as of having to read before Mr Eliot, Dr Whaley, Mr Blunden and ourselves... ', and concluding that they still do not know the poems they will be reading, the final letter returning the book sent to her and Osbert for corrections which he is now returning, together with one related autograph letter and one typed letter signed from Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), undated and 19 June 1943, the typed letter suggesting that T.S. Eliot is most unlikely to accept the invitation to read and 'Lord Gorell, I am sure, would be admirable for a Chairman, but not for a poet. The matter of his inaudibility may or may not be a good thing', a few holograph corrections, all letters a little creased and frayed with pin hole to upper left corners, mostly one or two pages, 8vo (9)
Lot 887
886* Macneice (Louis, 1907-1963). A group of four typed letters signed, 'Louis Macneice, BBC headed paper, 13 July-13 August 1943 & 3 October 1945, to Mrs [Dorothy] Dudley Short in relation to her organising of a poetry recital at the Wigmore Hall [14 September 1943], the first letter suggesting potential poets William Empson, William Plomer, Norman Cameron, George Barker, Dylan Thomas '(Subject to certain conditions)... , Ann Ridler & Kathleen Raine (I take it we ought to have some women)', voicing his opinion that he does not approve of Lord Gorell as Chairman, thinking that Cecil Day Lewis and Edith Sitwell are good possibilities, but he is doubtful about having any other Sitwells, 'but you should certainly try for Siegfried Sassoon', the second (longest) letter in response to her draft programme and advertisement, taking exception to the phrase 'Famous Poets', the misspelling of his name, etc., the third in similar administrative vein and the last returning her anthology proofs, a little creasing and soiling, pin holes upper left, all one page, 4to/8vo, together with related autograph letters signed from Cecil Day Lewis (declining the invitation), Edmund Blunden (x2) with mimeographed poem (The Fine Nature) with holograph correction, Clifford Bax, proposing to read two Chinese poems, and noting 'McNiece [sic] reads in a very dull way', Stephen Spender, accepting the invitation, Kathleen Raine (torn with loss and sellotape repairs), Arthur Whaley, William Empson, Ann Ridler, George Yeh (typed letter signed), Dorothy Wellesley (typed letter signed, badly frayed), plus a letter from the artist Patrick Heron enclosing a cheque for two tickets for the reading, an autograph letter signed from Walter De La Mare in 1945 concerning another reading plus various other related notes and letters concerning the reading at Wigmore Hall including the draft foreword to the book then published in 1945 (approx. 25)
£200-300
887* Elizabeth II (Queen of Great Britain & Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Fulllength portrait of the couple in full ceremonial dress, 1990, black & white photograph, 21 x 16.5cm, signed by both, ‘Elizabeth R’ and ‘Philip’ to lower mount and dated 1990 by the Queen, mounted in dark blue straight-grain morocco desk frame by Paul Longmire of St James’s, London, overall 33.5 x 26cm, together with a printed invitation to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, printed in blue on card with embossed stamp lower right and oval ink Earl Marshal’s Office stamp to verso, completed in manuscript for Mr and Mrs David Llewellyn, 22.5 x 27cm, in original postmarked envelope, dated 12 May 1953 (2)
£500-800
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889* Hamilton (Emma, 1765-1815). Autograph letter unsigned, ‘12 T P’, postmarked 18 July 1814, to her admirer Colonel Sir Richard Puleston, staying at Duke’s Hotel, Jermyn Street, a brief note stating that she cannot visit him but that he can visit her, ‘I shall not be able for some days in the next week to go there so perhaps you will call on me some morning. God bless you’, one page with autographed address leaf, postmark Unpaid stamp, seal tear with blank paper loss, a little dust-soiling, 8vo
888 Graves (Robert, 1895-1985). Two autograph letters signed, Slip Back, Harlech, 27 September 1919, & The Manor House, Sutton Veny, Warminster, 23 July 1924, both to the publisher Martin Secker, the first a short note thanking him for the revised proof, ‘especially when you have Nicholson’s cover on it’, one page 8vo, the second concerning Squire’s Anthology, ‘Two of the poems in question “The Patchwork Bonnet” and “The Treasure Box” are copyright shared between you and me. The others are shared between Heinemann and myself... ‘, and asking to tell Squire that he may use any of the poems in ‘Mock Beggar Hall’, 2 pp., 8vo, plus a third autograph letter signed from Graves, Walter Wood Cottage, Brampton, Cumberland, [1928?], to ?Jonathan Cape (name indistinct or erased), ‘About the report on the book: the reporter is an ass. The book is to present the story of [T.E.] Lawrence in sequence for a general audience - the people who have not forwarded 30/- for the Revolt, and the people who having read Revolt want to know how the incidents fit into the general scheme. The picturesque scene is Revolt should not be omitted from my book merely because they have stuck in the reporter’s memory. I am not following Revolt page by page but the Seven Pillars, earliest text, and a lot more from other sources... ‘, 2 pp., 4to, plus Beerbohm (Max), A Luncheon, printed for S.N.S. [Simon NoelSmith] by J.J. [John Johnson], September 1946, 8 pp., stitched as issued, first page browned, uncut, slim 8vo, (limited edition 10/25 copies) (4)
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Lot 889
This letter was written while Lady Hamilton and her thirteen-year-old daughter were living at 12 Temple Place, a sponging house within the rules of the King’s Bench. As Emma points out in the letter, she was allowed to receive visitors but not allowed out herself. She had been arrested five days earlier, on 13 July, and forced out of her Bond Street apartments. In the ensuing days her remaining worldly goods at Bond Street were all sold off by order of the Sheriff in order to pay her creditors: ‘two of Nelson’s sea chests, the remains of Hamilton’s rare books, Horatia’s doll’s bed, a fourposter mahogany bed, a piano, her writing desk, dressing table, Grecian couch; all her glass and china; her valuables - her diamond watch, a gold box presented to Nelson in 1802; and even all her books and magazines’ (Julie Peakman, Emma Hamilton, 2005, p. 159). (1) £600-800
890* James (Henry, 1843-1916). Autograph letter signed, ‘Henry James’, 34, De Vere Gardens, 19 December 1896, to an unidentified man explaining that he cannot help him with ‘names of persons in the United States who may be looked to to form committees for a memorial in Edinburgh... ‘, typically cross written on the first and third page having run out of space, 4 pp., 8vo
£150-200
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891* Lewis (Clive Staples, 1898-1963). Autograph letter signed, ‘C.S. Lewis’, Magdalen College, Ox[for]d, 10 September 1942, in reply [to Dorothy Dudley Short], ‘Since you asked for a reply you must have one. But it isn’t exactly an easy letter, is it? You don’t believe in God but think it no bad idea to be damned for His Glory. You are very indolent and run all the societies in the neighbourhood. Was the “haze of smoke” pretty thick at 5 A.M.? - a bad time for writing letters: the pen may do anything! I can find no common ground, except of course tobacco. Not cocktails, I fear. (Nasty mixtures invented for ladies in order that those with the palates of children may enjoy the pleasure of alcohol. Sitting in pubs I can manage v well. I have sat in a London pub and been stood a drink by a female astronomer). You see - truth will out - I’m dreadfully “intellectual” - in the older sense of the word. To me the only question is whether Christianity should happen to be objectively true: like the multiplication table. I question whether that was quite a point for you - at 5 A.M. In fact you’d find me a most crushing bore in real life. I couldn’t begin to understand (what everyone else in the world does understand) why it is so dreadful to be “respectab[le]” and live in the suburbs. In fact as the song says “Who damned Suburbia?/”I” said Superbia./Who felt elation/At the damnation./”I” said The New Statesman and Nation... ‘, concluding that he does not mind if his name is used in a book if it would please her ‘though I can’t for the life of me imagine why it should. I hope this letter doesn’t sound rude. You see I only wrote because you asked me, and ain’t got nothing to say. Good luck’, ruled paper, a little soiled and creased with minor marginal fraying, punch hole upper right affecting place written and one word to verso, 2 pp., oblong 8vo (11.5 x 20cm) See footnote to lot 881. (1)
892* Lewis (Clive Staples, 1898-1963). A very lengthy autograph letter signed, ‘C.S. Lewis’, [?Magdalen College, Oxford], 27 September 1942, to Mrs [Dorothy Dudley] Short, an exceedingly long letter concerning Christianity and Eastern religions, presumably in somewhat apologetic reply following her letter in response to his dated 10 September 1942, beginning, ‘Yes, I understand much more clearly now. At least I think I do and believe I have been in somewhat similar country myself. Whether I am right in this belief is for you to judge. The following poem which I wrote about 13 years ago may be used as evidence’, then writing the full text of his own poem ‘Footnote to All Prayers’, continuing, ‘At any rate, there was never as good as Christian as you obviously were, it was via theosophy, pantheism etc. that I did pass out of my first Christian beliefs. Now, let’s get to business. Your letter was crystal clear except on one point. I see quite clearly how the Eastern ideas came suddenly before you: and v clearly (you write well) the conditions you have passed through since. What you say nothing about is the intellectual grounds on which you decided at once that these ideas gave a truer account of the Great What than the ones you had been brought up in. Not one word. Can you tell me why? Unless, indeed, the arguments are contained in the sentence “God is surely also Allah, Jehovah, Brahma etc.”. If this means that all the religions have seen some of the truth, I quite agree. But that, in itself, furnishes no argument for the conclusion “Hinduism has seen more of the truth than Xtianity” - which is the real point at issue. If it means “All these pictures are equally true pictures of the Great What”, then (forgive me) it is nonsense’, continuing in a similar vein in a good clear hand in blue ink, 2 1/2 pages on ruled foolscap paper, a little minor soiling and a few short splits and creases, punch hole and pin mark to upper blank area of both sheets
£1000-1500
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894 McGonagall (William Topaz, 1825-1902). Three signed poetry broadsides, circa 1900, titled ‘A Humble Heroine’, ‘The Funeral of the Late Prince Henry of Battenburg’ and ‘The River of Leith’, each double column with heading and royal crest, the first signed vertically in left margin ‘Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall Poet’, the second and third signed ‘William McGonangall Poet’ at upper margins, each a little spotted and some creasing, the last with old vertical tear repair to centrefold verso, album leaf guards to left margin versos, 28 x 21cm and smaller, plus an offprint titled ‘The Autobiography of Sir William Topaz M’Gonagall, Poet and Tragedian, Knight of the White Elephant, Burmah, reprinted from the “Weekly News”, 1901, 18 pp., stitched as issued, browned, slim 8vo Scarce survivals of the infamously bad Scottish poet. (4)
£500-800
895* Mussolini (Benito, 1883-1945). Ink signature ‘Benito Mussolini’, black ink on a small sheet of paper, approximately 6 x 13cm, window-mounted with a photograph and printed biographical note (1)
£150-200
893 Masefield (John, 1878-1967). Autograph poetry quotation signed and dated 22 June 1930, original opening quatrain of Masefield’s poem ‘Laugh and be Merry’, written in the poet’s holograph to the blue paper recto of a small autograph album (sheet size 10 x 12cm), various other unidentified quotations, doodles, etc. by friends and family of the album’s compiler Elizabeth Jelfs of Gloucester, many leaves blank, original boards, some wear and covers detached, oblong 16mo (1)
£100-150
896* Orczy (Emma Magdolna, 1865-1947). Autograph letter signed, ‘Emmuska Orczy Barstow’, Snowfield, Bearsted, Maidstone, 18 September 1910, to her cousin telling that she has heard from her mother that she is in England and not far away, ‘How nice it would be if we could meet before your return to Hungary. If you spend any time in London on the way back, do you think your father would bring you over to spend a day with me here?’, saying how lovely Kent is just now, ‘really the garden of England’, 2 pp. on outer pages of letterhead bifolium, inner pages blank, 16mo (1)
Lot 894
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Lot 900
897* Schliemann (Heinrich ). Autograph letter signed to Julius Rühm, Athens, 2 January 1890, single bifolium of blue paper (22.5 x 14.2cm), 25 lines, written on one side only, docketed verso, pale spotting, creased where folded, 6cm split to central fold
900 Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). The Early Years of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, compiled, under the direction of Her Majesty the Queen, by Lieut.-General The Hon. C. Grey, 5th edition, 1868, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Holl after the picture by Doll, some spotting to extreme inner margin of title page, original gilt-decorated maroon cloth, slightly rubbed to extremities, with presentation inscription by Queen Victoria to front blank ‘To the Rev: Malcolm Taylor D.D., Crathie Manse, from Victoria R, Balmoral, June 14, 1869’, together with an embroidered silk belt, and accompanying small envelope inscribed in ink ‘Belt worn by Edward VII when an infant’ loosely inserted at front
Letter written in the last year of Schliemann’s life, in French and German, to the Berlin estate agent Julius Rühm of 5 Anhaltstrasse, Berlin. (1) £250-350
898* Victor Emmanuel III (1900-1946, King of Italy). Document signed ‘Vittorio Emanuele’ as King of Italy, Rome, 18 November 1929, a manuscript passport for Edoardo Cherubino Aznavour, ink stamps at head, signed on second page and countersigned by Mussolini, a little spotting, folio (1)
Lot 902
Crathie Manse is the Minister’s House close to Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral, where Queen Victoria first visited in 1848. The Royal Family continue to worship at the church, where Queen Victoria’s personal attendant John Brown is also buried. (1) £200-300
£150-200
899* Victoria (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland). The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, by Theodore Martin, 5 volumes, mixed editions, 1875-76, engraved plates, all with signed presentation inscriptions from Queen Victoria to Mary, Lady Ruthven to front free endpapers, the first 2 volumes signed ‘Victoria RI’ and dated 1875 and 1877, volumes 3-5 with initialled inscriptions ‘VRI’ dated 1878-80, bookplate of William W. Begley to front pastedowns, hinges cracked and those of volumes 1 & 2 crudely repaired, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, a little frayed at spine ends and along joints of first 2 volumes, 8vo
901* Wellesley (Arthur, 1769-1852, 1st Duke of Wellington). Free front signed ‘Wellington’, postmarked 20 July 1829, pasted to an old album mount and corner-mounted with an accompanying printed biographical note (1)
£100-150
902* Zola (Emile, 1840-1902). Autograph letter signed, ‘Emile Zola’, Paris, 18 September 1893, to a colleague making an appointment in London, ‘’Tout va donc pour le mieux. Mais je craindrais d’être bousculé, si je vous donnais rendez-vous pour mercredi soir. Venez jeudi à neuf heures, à Savoy Hotel: nous pourrons causer tranquillement, car je ne sortirai qu’à dix heures moins un quart, je crois. - A la gare, Victoria Station, on nous ménage une réception, et nous ne pourrions absolument pas nous parler’, some folds and uneven browning, one page with integral blank, slightly cropped at upper left blank corner, pencil notes in an unidentified hand and small stain to final page, 8vo
Lady Mary Hamilton (Campbell) Ruthven, 1789-1885; wife of James, Lord of Rithven. (5) £200-300
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E. P. GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVE
Ernst Philip Goldschmidt (1887-1954) Ernst Goldschmidt, of Dutch nationality, was born in Vienna in 1887. In 1905 he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, to study Classics. While in Cambridge he came into the orbit of Gustave David, the well-known bookseller, and an ardent group of young book collectors who were at Cambridge during the first decade of the century. Among his coterie of friends and acquaintances were John Maynard Keynes and later his brother Geoffrey; Stephen Gaselee, who already while at Eton had published a catalogue of his collection of Petronius; Vyvyan Holland, Rupert Brooke, Lytton Strachey and Ronald Firbank. When in 1909 Goldschmidt left Trinity, he printed as a parting gift to his friends and fellow bibliophiles a catalogue listing 75 of his best books. Between 1913 and 1917 Goldschmidt worked for Konrad Haebler, the incunabulist, visiting the monastic libraries of Austria and collecting material for the Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. During this period he acquired a quite exceptional knowledge (and love) of late medieval and early modern texts, which formed the foundations of a subsequent career. In 1923 he returned to London and set up business as an antiquarian bookseller in Bond Street, specialising in medieval manuscripts, incunabula and books from the sixteenth century. Over the next 30 years Goldschmidt issued over 100 catalogues which set a new standard in bibliographic descriptions, becoming legendary items among librarians and bibliographers. His reputation was further enhanced by several publications including his Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings (1928). He continued working until his death in 1954, whereupon the business was continued by his partner Jacques Vellekoop. In 1993 Vellekoop retired and sold the remaining stock and reference books at Christie’s. The items offered here were discovered among Vellekoop’s effects after his death in 2007.
month, ‘prob. 1907 E.Ph.G.’, a little dust-soiled along horizontal fold of final page, 8vo, together with two (presumably unsent) drafts of autograph letters of affection from Goldschmidt, intended for Brooke, in which he tries to summon the courage to write to him and find the right words to say, the more finished letter written at Hotel Gallia, Cannes, France, 24 February, 1907, ‘For such a long time I have been endeavouring not to write to you but I can no longer keep myself back and so I suppose you will have to read a tiresome letter from me … I am so constituted that I put all the beauty and goodness and all desirable things I can imagine into some unfortunate person’s body and mind and then proceed to worry that person so long till I find out that all those treasure never belonged to him. Just now it is you who are so unlucky…’, continuing in similar vein, 4 pages, unsigned, 8vo, the second rough draft containing similarly lovelorn phrases, written in two columns vertically on a torn sheet of paper, split along folds without loss of manuscript, oblong folio
903* Brooke (Rupert, 1887-1915). Autograph letter signed, ‘Rupert Brooke’, School Field, Rugby, Monday 25 March [1907], to his friend and fellow Cambridge student [Ernst] Goldschmidt, in full, ‘I fear your letter has gone unanswered even longer than my languid wont. Will it solace you to know that two even more remote letters have not achieved reply, - and one from a lady! My few waking intervals at Cambridge were occupied in writing a paper I had promised for a society of youths of this school. That labour ended yesterday. But when, after a few days in London, I arrived here I found my father very ill. He is getting better now – He is (you may know) a housemaster at this delectable school. I have had to do all his term’s marks (now falling due) and some of his work: all of which has left me little leisure. The weather is light blue and white: like London milk. Are you interested in the weather? I was once: now no longer. It is what one would have called Spring in other years, crocuses birds, sunshine, and little winds. But of course there is no Spring this year. There is not that wild laughter of lips immortally young in the air. It only tastes like flat wine, and passion dwelt upon too long. In Rugby everybody pleases and only the prospect is vile. The architecture recalls infamous London suburbs. But among it all pass glorious laughing people careless in the high divinity of youth. They have had a very bad term for illness. In a fortnight two poor lads have died from pneumonia. To die at 15 with all the best of their life unlived! Is there a greater tragedy than for a boy to die, except for him to grow old, to live? I am sorry you have “built an altar in my heart”, and placed me on a pedestal. It is a mistake I made myself, once. Life is one of those ridiculous jest of which one never sees the point, - until it is too late, & one does not appreciate the humour’, 4 pages on black-edged printed letterhead, neat ink manuscript initialled addition in Goldschmidt’s holograph below day and
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An apparently unpublished letter, though one line is quoted in Keith Hale (editor): Friends and Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905-1914 (Yale University Press, 1998) p. 25: ‘Brooke’s desire never to grow up is well chronicled. He once wrote to his friend Ernest Goldschmidt, “Is there a greater tragedy than for a boy to die, except for him to grow old, to live!”’. Two postcards from Brooke to Goldschmidt are transcribed in Geoffrey Keynes (editor), The Letters of Rupert Brooke (Faber, 1968), both sent from Munich to Goldschmidt in Vienna concerning Brooke’s upcoming visit to him there in April 1911. In another letter, to E.J. Dent, sent while staying with Goldschmidt in Vienna, 13 April 1911, Brooke refers to Goldschmidt as having ‘decayed dreadfully in mind, through living in Vienna’ and ‘is very sad because he thinks he offended you very much a year ago’, while making additional anti-semitic remarks. £3000-5000 (1)
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905* Ross (Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918). A group of three autograph letters signed, 'Robert Ross' and one 'Robbie Ross', London & Paris addresses, two undated and one from Paris dated 17 June 1909, all to [Ernest] Goldschmidt, the longest letter from Paris, apologising for the delay in replying as he has been on holiday and so unable to come to the Morden Gallery, saying he returns on 22nd July and 'may wish to inquire about the Byron poem ...No doubt impressed on account of its subject, just as Shakespeare's sonnets were concealed for so many years', asking if he will be in London and to let him know using his address at the Reform Club, one page with integral address panel and postmarks to verso, the second letter informing Goldschmidt that 'Alexander has reserved two seats for me tonight at St James's Theatre. Will it bore you to come very much? I want to go particularly for reasons I will tell you another time... ', one page, 4to, the third a short note trying to arrange to meet up, one page with integral blank, small 8vo, all a little dusty and a few light creases, plus Holland (Vyvyan, 1886-1967), Autograph letter signed, 'V.B. Holland', The Bath Club, 34 Dover Street, London, Wednesday, no date, telling Goldschmidt that he is sorry but he is leaving London the next day and 'I have not got a photo of myself in the world. But I am really going to have one taken when I can screw up sufficient courage, and I will send you one. Will you send me your Vienna address. I got the Cazins in red morocco including Heloise et Abelard and Les Jardins for 15/- the other day! Quite good isn't it?', 3 pp., a little dust-soiled on final page, small 8vo
904* Keynes (John Maynard, 1882-1946). Autograph letter signed, 'J.M. Keynes', 6 Harvey Road, Cambridge, 27 December 1905, to G. [Ernst P. Goldschmidt], 'Many thanks for your letter and your intrigue with the bookseller. As I was doing up the books to send you to-day, Heffer who had come in to buy some other books said he would like to make an offer - I gave him until Saturday. If, as I expect, he does not make a good enough offer I will send them off to you at once then. I suppose your bookseller is sure to say that they are not the right editions; but I think I can trust you to swindle him so far as is possible. I should like them sold in any case. I am still in Cambridge but have been up to London several times for the theatres and dinner parties - and I am off there to-morrow. I can't decide whether to go up and down the country making speeches with a view to the General Election or to sail to Russia to fight the Government. I hope you aren't deciding that after all Vienna is to be preferred to Cambridge', with a p.s., 'I think my states of mind have been pretty fair lately - thanks. How are yours?', two pages, second page partly dust-soiled, 8vo The economist John Maynard Keynes went up to King's College, Cambridge to read mathematics, received a first class BA in May 1904. Aside from a few months spent on holidays with families and friends, Keynes continued to involve himself with the university over the next two years, going on to take his civil service exams in 1906. Keynes and Goldschmidt moved in a circle of bibliophiles in Cambridge that included Rupert Brooke. Goldschmidt's instinct for bookselling, which was not a career plan at this stage, is evident from Keynes's remarks. (1) £1000-1500
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Robbie Ross became Oscar Wilde's literary executor after his death in 1900 and, in 1908, he produced the definitive edition of Wilde's works. Vyvyan Holland, the second son of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd, studied law at Trinity Hall in the University of Cambridge from 1905, but left there in 1907. Holland was with Ross in Paris at the time of the dated letter, as they were both there to witness the reburial of Oscar Wilde's remains from Bagneux Cemetery to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on 20 July 1909. (4) £200-300
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906* Goldschmidt (Ernst Philip). Collection of 10 lengthy autograph letters signed to his assistant and successor Jacques Vellekoop, 1950-3, most addressed ‘Dear Vellekoop’ (one addressed ‘Dear J. L. V’) and all signed ‘E.P.G.’, written from Biskra (Algeria), Paris, Munich, Florence and Geneva and discussing business matters, book purchases, details of Goldschmidt’s journeys, and personal matters, all but one written both sides of a single sheet of hotel letter, the remaining letter written on 2 sheets of plain paper, various dimensions (18 x 13 to 27 x 21 cm), together with 3 typed or autograph letters signed from John Carter to Vellekoop, a typed transcript of an interview conducted with Vellekoop for the Grolier Club Oral History Project titled ‘Reminiscences of Jacques Vellekoop’ and dated 2001 (55 leaves, rectos only), additional letters from interviewer Florence Fearrington arranging the interview, and other material including offprint copies of Vellekoop’s obituary of Goldschmidt originally published in The Book Collector Jacques Leonard Vellekoop (1926-2007) was born in the Netherlands and brought up in South Africa. He moved to London in 1947 as a newspaper reporter and was introduced to Goldschmidt by Anthony Hobson of Sotheby’s fame, and soon became his assistant, succeeding to the business on Goldschmidt’s death in 1954, and eventually retiring in 1993. (approx. 20) £200-300
907* Goldschmidt (Ernst Philip). Collection of personal and business documents and letters, circa 1908-52, approximately 60 items including Goldschmidt’s birth certificate, University of Cambridge undergraduate degree certificate with wax seal and signature of registrar John Neville Keynes (father of John Mayard), MA certificate, address book, typed and autograph letters from personal and business associates in English and German, carbon copies of Goldschmidt’s own letters, invoices and bank account statements, legal documents, and similar (approx. 60)
908* Goldschmidt (Ernst Philip). Collection of original photographs, circa 1905 and later, approximately 80 gelatin silver prints, mostly original snapshot photographs apparently taken by Goldschmidt, but also including several studio photographs and portraits, the snapshots including numerous photographs of young men at Trinity College, Cambridge and elsewhere, male nudes and swimming scenes, and similar, various dimensions (approximate ranges 7 x 5 cm to 20 x 15 cm), all in modern slip-in photograph album, a few in E. P. Goldschmidt company envelopes
£300-500
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911 E. P. Goldschmidt and Company. Collection of approximately 50 books from the company reference library, including bibliographies (Tooley, Printing and the Mind of Man, and similar), deluxe bookseller catalogues, auction catalogues, histories of the book trade, and bookseller memoirs, notably Rosenbach (A. S. W.), Books and Bidders, The Adventures of a Bibliophile, 1st UK edition, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928, inscribed to Goldschmidt on the front free endpaper, and Carter (John), Taste & Technique in Book-Collecting, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1948, inscribed ‘for E. P. Goldschmidt, with thanks, with diffidence, with respect, John Carter, 29 Oct 48’, 8vo and 4to (2 cartons)
£200-300
909 Goldschmidt (Ernst Philip). Collection of books from the library of E. P. Goldschmidt, 28 volumes, comprising 7 works by André Gide (including Isabelle, 1st trade edition, 1911, and La Porte étroite, 1st trade edition, 1909), a set of Plato (5 volumes, Oxford, circa 1910), an incomplete set of the works of Laurence Sterne (1803), and others, all with his bookplate, various bindings including original cloth or wrappers, and 20th-century black roan apparently done for Goldschmidt, many with his monogram ‘E. G.’ gilt-stamped to spines, some minor wear, 8vo (28)
£150-200
912* E.P. Goldschmidt Shop Sign. A fine double-sided box sign for ‘E.P. Goldschmidt & Co Ltd, Old & Rare Books’, by Brilliant Signs Ltd, London, c. 1920s, the incised lettering in gold on a black ground, with glass panels, metal frame with iron mounting brackets, 62.5 x 91cm, recent professional restoration Brilliant Signs Ltd was established in London in 1888 and their signs quickly changed the face of the high street. They expanded rapidly and become incorporated in 1892, the year that Frederick George Lucas joined the company. He purchased the firm in 1902 and became its chairman for 50 years. Goldschmidt established his well-known and pre-eminent bookselling firm at 45 Old Bond Street, London, in 1923. In 1933 he was joined by Ernst Weil. Although trading as E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., he was the prime figure throughout the firm’s existence, until his death in 1954. His partner by then was Jacques Vellekoop, who continued the business, moving it later to 139a New Bond Street in 1964, and a decade later to Drayton Gardens, Chelsea. He retired in 1993, selling the remaining stock and reference books at Christie’s. It is thought that the sign was used continuously while the shop business was trading from Old Bond Street. (1) £300-500
910* E.P. Goldschmidt and Company. Collection of business effects, comprising an E. P. Goldschmidt and Company blind stamp desk embosser with gilt painted floral decoration (some rubbing), Lloyds Bank accounts book for the years 1926-8, small brass-inlaid rosewood box with micro-mosaic roundels and button catch (containing numerous copies of Goldschmidt’s personal gilt morocco bookplate), a small pedimented glass-fronted 2-tier wooden bookcase, and 2 copies of the Christie’s sale catalogue ‘The Stock and Reference Library of E.P. Goldschmidt and Co. Ltd.’, Christie’s, 1993 (one disbound and apparently marked up by Goldschmidt’s partner Jacques Vellekoop, the other in modern half morocco with leather-entry slipcase) (a carton)
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MODERN LITERATURE FROM THE COLLECTION OF AIDAN CHAMBERS British author Aidan Chambers is a prolific writer and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, who is particularly well-known for his children's books and novels for young adults, although he has also written plays, educational works, essays and articles. His works have been widely translated, and he has won numerous literary awards, including the British Carnegie Medal and the American Printz Award for ‘Postcards from No Man’s Land’ (published in 1999), and the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his "lasting contribution to children's literature”.
914 Bradbury (Ray). The Illustrated Man, The 45th Anniversary Edition, Springfield, Pennsylvania: Gauntlet, 1996, front free endpaper with ink inscription to Aidan Chambers ‘If you can help my good friend Donn Albright in any way it would be deeply appreciated! Thanks!’, signed by the author and dated June 7, ‘96, original cloth gilt, dust jacket, slipcase (minor marks), 8vo, (limited edition, 60/600 copies, signed on the title-page by Ray Bradbury, William F. Nolan & Ed Gorman), together with Briggs (Raymond), Father Christmas, 1st edition, 1973, half-title with ink authorial signature, numerous colour illustrations, original illustrated boards, dust jacket, 4to, plus Lee (Laurie), I Can’t Stay Long, 1st edition, 1975, front free endpaper with ink authorial signature dated ‘75, original cloth gilt, dust jacket, two nicks in top edge, 8vo, and Murdoch (Iris), The Good Apprentice, 1st edition, 1985, title with ink authorial signature, generally toned throughout, front free endpaper with ink ownership signature ‘Aidan & Nancy Chambers’, original boards gilt, dust jacket, front panel upper corner with crease and two short closed tears, 8vo, with eight other signed books similar, including five 1st editions (one by Iris Murdoch, three by Julian Barnes, and one by John Fowles), and a copy of the Puffin Annual Number One (13)
£100-150
913 Adams (Richard). Watership Down, 1st edition, 1972, folding map, with short closed handling tear, front free endpaper with ink inscription ‘Aidan & Nancy Chambers Amberley -S.T.- Nov 1972’, pastedowns lightly toned, original cloth, minor pale mottling to tail edges, dust jacket, a few closed tears, head of spine a little frayed, 8vo, together with the Rex Collings Press Release loosely inserted, printed on rectos of two leaves folded, plus a newspaper cutting of Aidan Chambers’ review of Watership Down, from The Sunday Times, 3rd December 1972, and a related piece of paper with his pencilled notes Aidan Chambers was sent this copy of Watership Down to produce a review of the book for The Sunday Times. The review notes that, to his own astonishment, Watership Down ‘is stunning, compulsive reading’, and is both minutely detailed and inventive. It is interesting to read his jotted notes, where he asks questions such as ‘allegory or not?’ and ‘for children or not?’. He also points out that because the rabbits are frequently in danger, and yet can fight and inflict damage if needed, this brings to the story ‘the possibility of courage (or cowardice) and heroism’. (2) £300-500
915 Crompton (Richmal). William the Lawless, 1st edition, 1970, illustrations by Henry Ford, front free endpaper with ink ownership inscription ‘Aiden & Nancy Chambers Thimble Aug 1970’, minor spotting to endpapers, original red cloth, dust jacket, spine a little faded, rubbed at folds and spine ends, rear panel with short (5mm) closed edge tear, 8vo The last ‘William’ title to be published, and the most uncommon. (1) £150-200
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916 Private Press. Poems, Spike Milligan, Drawings, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Leicester: New Broom Press, 1977, illustrations, original wrappers, slim 8vo, (limited edition, 44/140 copies), together with Arlington-Une, Summer ‘66, [Bibury: Arlington Mill, 1966], illustrations, including one folding, original wrappers, lightly toned, lower corners a little creased, red plastic spine clasp, small 4to, plus Weeds in my Garden, by Miriam Macgregor, Andoversford: printed at the Whittington Press for Lorson’s Books & Prints of California, 1986, hand-coloured wood engraved illustrations, original decorative-tissue covered boards, slipcase, 6.2 x 4.9cm (2.5 X 2ins), (limited edition, 133/175 copies, signed by the author), with Excavator Barcelona Excavador, by Jake Tilson, Woolley Dale Press, 1986, numerous colour and black & white illustrations and ephemera, many mounted or tipped-in, original wrappers, slim 4to, (limited edition, 142/150 copies), and 40 others, private press and similar, including: In a Country Churchyard, Drawings by Laurie Clark, Nailsworth: Moschatel Press, 1983, limited edition 29/250 copies signed by the artist; Reynolds Stone, Engraved Lettering in Wood, by Michael Harvey, Wakefield: Fleece Press, 1992, limited edition, one of 270 copies; Old & New Fashions in Typography, by Talbot Baines Reed, New York: Marble Hill Press, 1965, limited edition, one of about 100 copies, and five books by and about Tom Phillips, one signed (44)
£150-200
917 Ryder (John). Intimate Leaves from a Designer’s Notebook, with a Foreword by Jan Morris, Gregynog Press, 1993, numerous illustrations, original black quarter morocco, with patterned paper boards, slipcase, 8vo, (limited edition, 31/80 copies in morocco, of a total edition of 400 copies), together with A collection of nine booklets printed by John Ryder at the Stellar Press, Hatfield, 19741984, all limited editions, seven with ink signatures of John Ryder and other members of the Stellar Press, four personally inscribed to Nancy & Aidan [Chambers], original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, plus Four bi-fold decorative Christmas Greetings, printed at the Stellar Press, 1966-1973, from Herta & John Ryder, maximum size 16.5 x 11cm, with John Ryder, Designer & Art Director for The Bodley Head, An Exhibition at The Bodleian Library, 1974-75, printed at the Stellar Press, 1974, imprint page with ink presentation inscription to Nancy & Aidan [Chambers], from John Ryder, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, and John Ryder, Book Designer & Art Director, 1917-2001, Remembered by his Friends, 2002, original printed wrappers, minor graze to front cover, slim 8vo, (limited edition, one of 150 copies), all except the first item loosely contained together in a patterned paper-covered box
918 Sendak (Maurice, illustrator). Poems from William Blake’s Songs of Innocence, Drawings by Maurice Sendak, Bodley Head, 1967, title-vignette, one tail-piece, and six illustrations, all printed in sepia, original pictorial wrappers, slim 8vo Limited edition, one of 275 copies. Printed at the Stellar Press for presentation by The Bodley Head, Christmas 1967. The text is reprinted from The Nonesuch Press edition of ‘The Complete Writings of William Blake’, London, 1957. One of Sendak’s rarest and most sought-after books. (1) £400-600
919 Sendak (Maurice). Posters by Maurice Sendak, 1st UK edition, Bodley Head, 1986, twenty-four colour posters and illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, in original shrink-wrap, folio, together with Let’s be Enemies, by Janice May Udry, Pictures by Maurice Sendak, 1st edition, later issue, New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1961, colour illustrations, original pictorial boards, extremities very slightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket, one tear to front panel bottom edge (previously repaired), small 4to, plus The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm, Translated by Lore Segal..., Pictures by Maurice Sendak, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973, black & white illustrations, volume one with small stain to fore edge (slightly affecting dust jacket folds), original cloth gilt, volume two with minor scuff to front cover, dust jackets, volume two with small graze to front panel, original slipcase, with mounted illustration, 8vo, and approximately 66 others Maurice Sendak related, including many 1st UK editions, several sent to Aidan Chambers as review copies, some with ink signature of Aidan & Nancy Chambers
Stellar Press titles comprise: Garden Lore, by M. & B. Boland; A Wedding Among the Owls, by Graham Greene; Lovers of Their Time, by William Trevor; Anno 1979, by Mitsumasa Anno; Christmas in Vermont, by Alistair Cooke; Bernard Shaw & Max Beerbohm at Covent Garden; ...one November day in 1980 the other Graham Greene burst through his shadow..., by MarieFrancoise Allain; From Edward Ardizzone’s Indian Diary; The State of the Language, by Alistair Cooke. (16) £100-150
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MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
920 Sendak (Maurice). In the Night Kitchen, 1st UK edition, 1971, colour illustrations, front free endpaper with original pen and ink drawing of Mickey saying “with pleasure!”, signed and dated by the author and inscribed ‘For Nancy and Aidan [Chambers]’, original boards, dust jacket, 4to (1)
£300-500
921 Tucker (Alan). In Line, Poems by Alan Tucker to Eight Collages by Morris Cox, 2 volumes, Stroud: Stilt Press, 1988, black & white illustrations, double-page illustration in Poems volume partly adhered, pastedowns in Poems volume partly offset, limitation page signed by both Alan Tucker and Morris Cox, with additional ink presentation inscription ‘for Aidan & Nancy [Chambers] with love from Alan, 16 Aug 88’, original cloth, each front cover with printed paper label, contained together in matching slipcase, 8vo, (limited edition, 1/50 copies), together with Selected Early poems [The Whirligig], by Morris Cox, 1954, with a double-page offset print signed, numbered and dated by Cox bound in, original blue Kyoseishi paper boards, white cloth spine label, loosely inserted prospectus, with ink inscription ‘Aidan [Chambers], from Alan & Joan [Tucker] Christmas 1984’ 8vo, (limited edition, 21/35 copies), plus Cox (Morris), The Warrior and the Maiden, Gogmagog Private Press, 1967, ten reverse-offset linocuts, original boards, slipcase, 8vo, (limited edition, 15/65 copies, signed by the author), with Graham (Rigby), Sketchbook Drawings, with an Introduction by Alan Tucker, Oxford: Hanborough Parrot Press, 1989, black & white illustrations, limitation page with ink inscription ‘Authorial presentation copy for Nancy & Aidan Chambers with love from Alan’, original pictorial boards, two single sheets loosely inserted, each with a typewritten poem, the first entitled ‘Not Visiting the Casa Loredon, Venice’, with a typed note beneath stating that this poem was originally in a limited edition of three copies... this is one of an additional two copies for... Aidan and Nancy Chambers, Wednesday 5th July 1989, and signed by Alan [Tucker], the second entitled ‘for Aidan “Thus...”, dated 1989 and signed ‘love from Alan’, 8vo, (limited edition, 1 of 2 presentation copies, of a total edition of 170 copies), and 13 others mostly Alan Tucker or Gogmagog Press related, including: Winchelsea, Rye & ‘Denis Duval’..., with an Introduction by Alan Tucker, and Illustrations by Rigby Graham, Oxford: Previous Parrot Press, 1991, limited edition, 54/192, signed by the author and artist; The Crystal Carol and Other Poems, by Alan Tucker, Wymondham: Brewhouse Private Press, 1976, limited edition, one of 80 copies, signed by the author
922 Ambler (Eric). Epitaph For a Spy, 1st edition, 1938, original blue cloth, some fading to spine and extremities, dust jacket, a couple of small abrasions to spine, a little rubbed with closed tears at spine ends and folds, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to title: “To Tom, with very best wishes and all the best, Eric Ambler”. The recipient was Tom Wheeler, Daily Mirror journalist in the 1930’s and 1940’s. (1) £1000-1500
Most with ink presentation inscription to Aidan Chambers, many signed by the author or similar. (17) £150-200
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924 Beckett (Samuel). Waiting for Godot. A Tragicomedy in two Acts, 1st UK edition, 1956, publisher’s note tipped-in, light offsetting from flaps to endpapers, original cloth (a few light stains), dust jacket, slight toning to spine, 8vo Ex-libris J.B. Priestley (his bookplate). (1)
£100-150
925 Beckett (Samuel). Poems in English, John Calder, 1961, slight yellowing to front endpaper, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original cloth, glassine wrapper, 8vo Limited edition 88/100, signed by the author. (1)
£200-300
926 Beckett (Samuel). Poems in English, John Calder, 1961, partly unopened, top edge gilt, original cloth, a couple of letters on spine rubbed, 8vo Limited signed edition 91/100. (1)
£200-300
927 Beckett (Samuel). Ill Seen, Ill Said, Lord John Press, Northridge, California, 1982, printed in blue and black, original calf-backed boards, small 4to Limited edition 151/199, signed by the author to half title, as issued. (1) £150-200
928 Beckett (Samuel). Proust, 1st edition, 1931, a little light toning and spotting, previous owner signature, original pictorial boards (minor spotting to extremities), dust jacket, spine rubbed and toned with losses at ends, folds chipped, 8vo, together with Molloy, 1st edition in English, Olympia Press, Paris, 1955, previous owner inscription, original wrappers, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Endgame, 1st edition in English, 1958, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, with 15 others by Beckett including Our Exagmination Round his Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress (with other authors), Faber edition [1936], Cascando, Grove Press, New York, 1968, signed to title, and Collected Poems in English and French, 1977, signed (19)
£200-300
929 Beckett (Samuel). Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedy in two acts, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1956, original cast leaf signed in black ink by Peter Hall (Director), Peter Woodthorpe (Estragon), Timothy Bateson (Lucky), Peter Bull (Pozzo), and William Squire [who later played Vladimir], dated 7 March 1956, front free endpaper with ownership inscription of Reginald Collin in blue ballpoint pen, endpapers spotted, original cloth in dust jacket, minor toning and marginal nicks, 8vo (1)
930 Bellow (Saul). Dangling Man, 1st UK edition, John Lehmann, 1946, some light spotting to preliminary leaves, original yellow cloth in dust wrapper, somewhat toned, together with The Victim, 1st US edition, New York, Vanguard Press, 1947, original black cloth in dust wrapper, spine somewhat faded and some toning to rear panel, plus Henderson The Rain King, 1st US edition, New York, Viking Press, 1959, original orange and white cloth in dust wrapper, one or two minor short closed tears (generally in very good condition), and Herzog, 1st US edition, 1964, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, 1st US edition, 1970, inscribed by the author to half-title ‘For Katie with love from Saul’, dated 24 December 1969, Nobel Lecture, Targ Editions, 1979, limited signed edition 227/350, plus other Saul Bellow first UK and US editions, almost all in dust wrappers, 8vo, generally G/VG
923 Ambler (Eric). Cause For Alarm, 1st edition, 1938, original blue cloth, some fading to spine and extremities, dust jacket, one or two small marks, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to title: “To Tom, with best wishes and very many thanks, from Eric Ambler”. The recipient, Tom Wheeler was a Daily Mirror journalist in the 1930’s and 1940’s. (1) £1500-2000
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931 Bennett (Alan). Kafka’s Dick, New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1990, inscribed by the author on the title page ‘To the Barrow Hedges County Primary School PTA, I don’t think this is the kind of title you would particularly want to auction as the auctioneer probably wont want to say the title but for what its worth, here it is, Best wishes, Alan Bennett’, original printed wrappers, front wrapper spotted, small 8vo (18.2 x 12.7cm) Kafka’s Dick was first produced and published in 1986. (1)
934 Branson (Clive). Poems, 1st edition, privately printed, 1932, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original red cloth, 8vo, together with British Soldier in India. The Letters of Clive Branson, 1st edition, the Communist Party, 1944, portrait frontispiece and 4 pp. reproductions of sketches, ownership signature of Winifred Branson to front pastedown, original cloth (partly faded) in chipped and torn dust jacket with loss to spine and lower margins, 8vo, together with The Volunteer for Liberty. Journal of the International Brigade Association, May 1944, 2 copies, In Memoriam feature on Branson on pp. 6-8, original printed wrappers, one copy split on spine with wrappers near detached and second copy with covers detached and a little frayed at margins, both slim 8vo, plus British Battalion XV International Brigade, Memorial Souvenir, circa 1938, black & white plates and illustrations, small stain to lower margin of first few leaves, original printed wrappers, a little soiled, 8vo, plus some related cuttings, etc., including two typed letters signed from Harry Pollitt on Communist Party headed paper to Clive Branson’s father Major Branson
£100-150
932 Bodkin (M. McDonnell). Pat O’Nine Tales and One Over, 1st edition, Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1894, half-title present, publisher’s advertisements at front and rear, some minor marks and fingersoiling, front free endpaper partly adherred to pastedown at gutter, original dark green cloth, spine and upper cover gilt lettered, spine rubbed and gilt dulled, some marks to covers, 8vo Rare; one of Bodkin’s first publications. The volume contains a collection of eight stories and a twenty-four page narrative poem. The content is mainly crime fiction, although there appears to be a ghost and at least one leprechaun thrown in as well. Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (1850-1933) was an Irish barrister who was appointed a judge, and he also served as a member of the Irish parliament. He is best known for his early detective stories featuring Paul Beck and Dora Myrl, who marry in ‘The Capture of Paul Beck’ published in 1909, becoming the first fictional detective family. (1) £100-150
First item: One of 50 copies. No copies offered at auction have been identified and only two copies located at the British Library and the Branson Archive at the Marx Memorial Library. Provenance: From the family of the artist’s younger brother Cyril Montague Chimmo Branson (19192008). (16) £300-500
935 Burgess (Anthony). The Right to an Answer, 1960; The Worm and the Ring, 1961; Nothing Like the Sun, 1964; The Eve of Saint Venus, 1964; A Vision of Battlements, 1965; Tremor of Intent, 1966, 1st editions, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jackets, all bar Worm and the Ring price-clipped, a couple of closed tears to Tremor of Intent, 8vo, with others by and relating to Burgess including Flame into Being, 1st US edition, 1985, Mozart and the Wolf Gang, 1991 and A Dead Man in Deptford, 1993, all signed by the author (Dead Man in Deptford signed to inserted label)
933 Booker Prize. Collection of some 120 winners and shortlist including Ghost Road, by Pat Barker, 1995, signed, Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss, 2006, signed, Roddy Doyle’s The Van, 1991, signed, Elizabeth Mavor’s A Green Equinox, 1973, signed, Granta 3, 1980 (with the first appearance of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, signed), plus others by Barry Unsworth, Malcolm Bradbury, Julian Barnes, Michael Frayn, Margaret Attwood, Peter Carey, V.S. Naipaul, William Trevor etc, some signed (approx 120)
Lot 932
£300-400
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£300-400
938 Christie (Agatha). The Murder at the Vicarage, 1st edition, 1930, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, recent calfbacked boards, 8vo, together with A Pocket Full of Rye, 1st edition, 1953, original cloth, dust jacket, a few tears and losses, 8vo, plus After the Funeral, 1st edition, 1953, partial light toning to endpapers, original cloth (spine ends faded), dust jacket, tears and losses, 8vo, with other crime thrillers, Agatha Christie, Freeman Willis Crofts etc (approx 120)
£200-300
939 Coetzee (J.M.). Slow Man, Secker & Warburg, 2005, original two-tone goatskin gilt, with slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 46/100, together with The Childhood of Jesus, Harvill Secker, 2013, original two-tone goatskin gilt, with slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 94/100, plus Dusklands, 1st South African edition, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1974, signed by the author to title, some light spots to half-title, original cloth gilt in dust wrapper, a few light marks, 8vo (author’s first book), and Waiting for the Barbarians, 1st UK edition, Secker & Warburg, 1980, signed by author to title, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, spine faded, 8vo, plus other J.M. Coetzee first editions, several proof copies, some signed, some duplicates, mostly original cloth in dust wrapper, all 8vo, generally VG (approx. 50)
940 Compton-Burnett (Ivy). Works, 19 volumes, Gollancz, 1972, original cloth, dust jackets (spines a trifle faded), contained in four slipcases, 8vo
936 Burgess (Anthony). A Clockwork Orange, 1st edition, 1962, bookseller ticket to front endpaper, original cloth, price-clipped first issue dust Jacket (with wide flaps), spine slightly faded and rubbed at ends, tiny closed tear at foot of rear panel, 8vo, together with Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Based on the Novel by Anthony Burgess, Lorrimer, 1972 (2)
Limited edition 371/500. (19)
£70-100
£400-600
941 Deighton (Len). Oh! What a Lovely War, Accord Productions Ltd., 1968, screenplay from the original stageplay, typescript foolscap, original wrappers, a little rubbed with creases, two old staple marks, folio, with three typescript letters, one to restaurant owner Enzo Apicella, 1982, two to Derek Jewell (1927-1985, writer and broadcaster), 1980-82, plus an autograph letter to Jewell regarding an American Express advertisement, loosely inserted
937 Chatwin (Bruce). In Patagonia, 1st edition, 1977, illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo With a presentation inscription from the author Patrick White to one of the actors in his play ‘Netherwood’, which premiered in Adelaide in 1983 to half title; “Stuart the Cop, “Netherwood”, 1983, from Patrick”. (1) £250-300
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£300-400
Very scarce Deighton item. Due to differences with director Richard Attenborough, Deighton had his name removed from the final screen credits, a decision he later regretted. (1) £300-500
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943 Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1902, 1st issue with misprint ‘you’ for ‘your’ line 3, page 13, 16 monochrome illustrations by Sidney Paget, a little minor spotting, bookplate of Walter Dexter (1876-1958, British artist?), original red cloth gilt, spine a little faded, lower joint splitting, slight lean, 8vo (1)
£600-800
942 Douglas (Norman). Capri: Materials for a Description of the Island, Lungarno Series no.3, Florence, Italy: Orioli, 1930, additional portrait frontispiece of the author, with ink authorial signature, numerous plates and illustrations, one printed in blue, subscribers list, original cloth, mottled, with morocco label to spine (a little rubbed), spine faded, 4to, together with, Three Monographs, Naples, Italy: Pierro, 1906, occasional light spotting, stitching broken, original printed wrappers, ink authorial signature to front cover, spine worn with rear cover lacking (front cover detached), slim 8vo Limited editions: first item, one of 103 copies pinted on Binda hand-made paper for 100 subscribers only; second item, one of 250 copies. (2) £300-400
944 Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Sign of Four, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Spencer Blackett, 1890, monochrome frontispiece by Charles Kerr, occasional light soiling, previous owner signature to frontispiece verso, endpapers renewed (originals loosely retained), original red cloth gilt, 2nd issue copy with Griffith Farran & Co. Standard Library imprint at foot of spine, slight darkening, spine restrengthened and repaired at ends, some fading to upper cover, 8vo Green & Gibson A7a.i. The second issue by Griffith Farran using the first issue sheets. (1) £1000-1500
945 Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, George Newnes, 1905, monochrome illustrations by Sidney Paget, 4 page advertisements at end, small doodle at head of page 127, light spotting, front free endpaper partly excised, contemporary presentation inscription to front pastedown, original blue cloth, lower joint splitting, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with His Last Bow, 1st edition, 1917, 6 page advertisements at end, endpapers a little spotted and toned, original red cloth, spine faded, lower corners bumped, 8vo, plus The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, 1927, some light spotting, contemporary prize inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo
Lot 943
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£300-500
Lot 946
Lot 948
946 Fermor (Patrick Leigh). The Traveller’s Tree. A Journey through the Caribbean Islands, illustrated by A. Costa, 1st edition, John Murray, 1950, frontispiece, double-page sketch-map, photographic plates, text-block toned, spotting to endpapers and preliminaries, a few small spots to margins, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, original green cloth, dust jacket chipped and toned, rear panel spotted, 8vo The author’s first book. (1)
Lot 949
950 Fleming (Ian). For Your Eyes Only, 2nd impression, 1960, a couple of light spots to fore edges, original cloth, dust jacket, spine lettering faded to orange (as often), dust jacket, 8vo, together with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1st edition, 1963, original cloth (light marks to lower cover), dust jacket, spine a little faded with small nick at foot, plus You Only Live Twice, 1st edition, 1964, faint spotting to fore edges, original cloth, dust jacket, light toning to spine, 8vo, with two others including The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st edition, 1965
£100-150
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£200-300
947 Fleming (Ian). Dr No, 1st edition, 1958, 1st issue plain boards, dust jacket, tears and losses at spine ends and rear panel, tape repairs to rear panel, 8vo, together with Diamonds Are Forever, 1st edition, 1956, original cloth, later issue (after The Man with the Golden Gun) dust jacket, repaired at foot of spine, small tape residue to front flap, 8vo, plus Sharpe’s Sword, by Bernard Cornwell, 1st edition, 1983, a little spotting and offsetting to half title and rear endpaper, original cloth, dust jacket, some spotting to flaps, 8vo, with two others: Bruce Chatwin’s In Patagonia, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1977 and Ellis Peters’ A Morbid Taste For Bones, 1st edition, 1977
951 Gibbons (Stella). Cold Comfort Farm, 1st edition, 1932, half title, one or two light spots, all edges gilt, modern blue morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Bentley (E.C.), Trent’s Last case, 1st edition, Thomas Nelson, [1913], colour frontispiece, front hinge a little tender, original blue cloth, spine ends lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Douglas (Norman), In the Beginning, privately printed, 1927, untrimmed in original boards, spine label rubbed and chipped, 8vo, limited signed edition, 271/700, with three others by Douglas: How About Europe?, 1929 (limited signed edition 203/550), Nerinda (1901), 1929 (limited signed edition 60/475), and Paneros, 1930 (limited signed edition 53/250)
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£300-500
948 Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, 1962, one or two light spots, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, tiny tears at spine ends, 8vo (1)
952 Gibran (Kahlil). Twenty Drawings, with an Introductory Essay by Alice Raphael, 1st edition, trade issue, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919, colour frontispiece and 19 plates with tissue-guards, publisher’s advertisement slip for The Madman laid in, original cloth-backed boards, titles and Gibran’s device gilt to front board, a little fraying and loss to spine-ends, tips bumped and worn, 4to
£150-200
949 Fleming (Ian). Thunderball, 1st edition, 1961, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, spine slightly faded with small chips at ends and folds, 8vo (1)
(1)
£150-200
£100-200
953 Gibson (William). Count Zero, 1986; Burning Chrome, 1986; Mona Lisa Overdrive, 1988, 1st UK editions, original cloth, dust jackets, 8vo, each signed to title by the author, together with four others by Gibson: The Difference Engine (with Bruce Sterling), 1990, Virtual Light, 1993, Idoru, 1996, all first UK editions, plus All Tomorrow’s Parties, 1999, 1st US edition (7)
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£150-200
250
£100-150
Lot 952
Lot 954
Lot 956
954 Graves (Robert). Good-Bye to All That, 1st edition, ist printing, 1st issue with Sassoon poem to pages 341-343, portrait frontispiece, a little light toning, contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper, original salmon cloth, spine a trifle darkened, dust jacket, laid down, spine toned with losses, a few chips, 8vo (1)
£300-500
955 Graves (Robert). I, Claudius, Paradine Press, [1977], folding table, one or two light spots, all edges gilt, original purple morocco gilt, slight fading in places, slipcase (light spotting), 8vo, limited signed edition 63/100, together with Country Girl, by Edna O’Brien, 2012, illustrations, original calf-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 87/105, with David Garnett’s A Terrible Day, 1932 (limited signed edition 407/550) (3)
£300-400
956 Graves (Robert). I Claudius, 1st edition, 1934, folding genealogical table at rear, partial printed wraparound ‘Chosen by the Book Society’ and publisher’s review slip giving the date of publication as May 4th loosely inserted, original black cloth gilt, some light discolouration, in original pictorial dustwrapper, designed by John Aldridge, with price of 8 shillings to front inner flap, spine lightly discoloured, with vertical tear at foot, chipped at head and foot spine, with minor loss, and shorter closed tear to inner rear flap (without loss), 8vo (1)
958 Haggard (H. Rider). Colonel Quaritch, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1888, some light spotting, W.H. Smith library blindstamp to volume I front endpaper, original red cloth, some fading to spines, rubbed at ends, 8vo The last of H. Rider Haggard’s novels to be issued in three volumes. (3) £200-300
959 Haggard (H. Rider). She. A History of Adventure, 1st edition, 1887, 1st issue with ‘Godness me’ to line 38, page 269, two colour facsimile plates, advertisement leaf at end, a little minor spotting, front endpaper with small chips at fore edge, hinges a little tender, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed with light marks, 8vo, together with Jess, 1st edition, 1887, advertisements at end, some light spotting, bookseller ink stamps to half title, original red cloth, spine faded and rubbed at ends, small water stain, 8vo, plus Maiwa’s Revenge, 1st edition, 1888, publisher’s catalogue at end, some spotting, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with 19 others by Haggard including Allan Quartermain, 1887 (spine splitting), Mr. Meeson’s Will, 1888, Allan’s Wife, 1889, Cleopatra, 1889, The People of the Mist, 1894, Ayesha, 1905, Marie, 1912, Child of Storm, 1913 and The Holy Flower, 1915
£300-400
957 Greene (Graham). Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes, 1983, original cloth, mylar wrapper, 8vo, limited signed edition 68/750, together with others by Graham Greene including A Sort of Life, 1971 and The Human Factor, 1978, plus some US editions, duplicates etc and John Fowles’s A Maggot, 1985 (15)
£100-150
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£300-500
960 Heaney (Seamus). Door Into the Dark, 1969; Preoccupations, 1980; The Government of the Tongue, 1988, 1st editions, Door Into the Dark ex-libris with stamp and marks erased from title and front endpaper and pastedown, a few minor spots, small cleat tape marks front and rear to Preoccupations, Preoccupations signed to title by the author with a loose postcard to Stephen Parr commenting on Parr’s writing, original cloth, dust jackets, sticker residue at foot of Door Into the Dark spine, 8vo, together with 10 others by Heaney including The School Bag (with Ted Hughes), 1997, Beowulf, 1999, District and Circle, 2006 and Human Chain, 2010, all signed by the author, plus Sweeney Astray, 1983 paperback with a loose letter, 30 March 1986, regretting he was unable to give a reading at a Buddhist event (13)
£300-500
961 Hoban (Russell). The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, 1973; Kleinzeit, 1974; Turtle Diary, 1975, 1st editions, previous owner signature to Turtle Diary, light spotting to Kleinzeit fore edges, original cloth, dust jackets, Kleinzeit spine a litlle rubbed with nicks at ends, Lion of Boaz-Jachin inscribed to title by the author, together with six other first editions by Hoban: Riddley Walker, 1980 (signed), Pilgermann, 1983 (signed), The Medusa Frequency, 1987, The Moment Under the Moment, 1992, Fremder, 1996 (inscribed), The Trokeville Way, 1996 and Mr Rinyo-Clacton’s Offer, 1998 (10)
£150-200
962 Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, Chatto & Windus, 1932, slight partial toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original yellow cloth, blue morocco label to spine (spine a trifle faded), 8vo Limited edition 88/324, signed by the author. (1)
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252
£1000-1500
Lot 963
Lot 967
963 Huxley (Aldous). Crome Yellow, 1st edition, 1921, spare label tipped-in at end, a little light spotting at front and fore edges, bookplate, top edge green, original cloth, paper label to spine (spine slightly faded), dust jacket, spine a little darkened, a few short closed tears and nicks, else a good copy, 8vo The author’s first novel. (1)
967 Joyce (James). The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies, Servire Press/Faber and Faber, 1934, title printed in red and black, opening initial and tailpiece designed by Lucia Joyce, partly unopened, original cream wrappers, upper cover with design blocked in silver by Lucia Joyce (spine slightly toned), slipcase (small splits and tears to folds), 8vo
£200-300
Limited edition 382/1000. Slocum & Cahoon A43(3). (1)
964 Huxley (Aldous). Limbo, 1st edition, 1920, slight offsetting to endpapers, bookplate of A.J.A. Symons (1900-1941, English bibliographer and founder of the First Edition Club), original cloth, paper label to spine, dust jacket, spine toned with small tears and chips at ends and folds, 8vo, together with Music at Night and Other Essays, Fountain Press, New York, 1931, a few light spots, original clothbacked boards, 8vo, limited edition 615/842, signed by the author (2)
£100-150
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£300-400
969 Lewis (C.S.). Prince Caspian, 1st edition, 1951, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, previous owner signature to half title, original blue cloth (a few faint stains), dust jacket, slight toning to spine, one or two tiny closed tears and nicks, 8vo
£200-300
The second Narnia adventure. (1)
966 Joyce (James). Exiles. A Play in Three Acts, 1st edition, Grant Richards, 1918, scattered light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, spine and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Collected Poems, 1st US edition, 1937, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, dust jacket, a little soiled with small abrasions, 8vo, plus Stephen Hero, 1st edition, 1944, light spotting, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, spine toned and chipped, 8vo, with others by or relating to Joyce including Two Tales of Shem and Shaun, 1932 and Edna O’Brien’s James and Nora, Lord John Press, California, 1981 (limited signed edition 83/250) (19)
£200-300
968 Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st edition, 1894, illustrations, a few leaves with corners torn away at inner margins, some spotting and light soiling, front endpapers replaced, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends and edges rubbed, slight lean, 8vo, together with The Second Jungle Book, 1st edition, 1895, illustrations, light spotting and stains, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Soldier Tales, 1st edition, 1896, illustrations, light marginal toning, previous owner signature, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with four others by Kipling including Kim, 1st US edition, 1901 and two other 1st edition copies of The Second Jungle Book, 1895
965 Ishiguro (Kazuo). An Artist of the Floating World, 1986; The Remains of the Day, 1989; The Unconsoled, 1995, 1st editions, Artist of the Floating World 1st issue (printed by Butler & Tanner), original cloth, dust jackets (Remains price-clipped), 8vo, Artist with loosely inserted signed compliment slip, the other two signed to titles, together with A Pale View of the Hills, 1st US edition, 1982, signed, Never Let Me Go, 2005, limited signed edition 455/1000, The Buried Giant, 2015, limited signed edition 147/200, Nocturnes, 2009, signed, plus 11 others by Ishiguro, duplicates etc (18)
Lot 969
£600-800
970 Lewis (C.S.). The Magician’s Nephew, 1st edition, 1955, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original green cloth, dust jacket, slight toning to spine, a little minor spotting to rear panel, 8vo, together with two others: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 1st edition, 1952 (lacking dust jacket) and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1956 reprint (3)
£200-300
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£200-300
971 Lewis (C.S.). The Magician’s Nephew, 1st edition, 1955, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, faint spotting to endpapers, presentation inscription, original green cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, spine ends chipped, short closed tear at head of upper joint, a few light stains to rear panel, 8vo (1)
975 Murdoch (Iris). The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, 1st edition, 1974, original cloth, 8vo, inscribed by the author to A.S. Byatt and her husband, together with The Danish Girl, by David Ebershoff, 1st UK edition, 2000, original cloth, dust jacket (slight fading to spine), 8vo, inscribed by the author to A.S. Byatt, plus Flying Hero Class, by Thomas Keneally, 1st edition, 1991, slight marginal toning, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, inscribed by the author to Carmen Callil, with nine others including Paul Theroux’s The Family Arsenal, 1st UK edition, 1976, inscribed to Francis King, and others from the library of A.S. Byatt, some signed or inscribed
£200-300
972 Mantel (Hilary). Every Day is Mother’s Day, 1st edition, Chatto & Windus, 1985, signed by author to title page, pale toning to text block, original yellow cloth in dust wrapper, together with Eight Month’s on Ghazzah Street, 1st UK edition, Viking, 1986, signed by author to title, light toning to text block, original black cloth in dust wrapper, plus A Change of Climate, 1st UK edition, Viking, 1994, signed by the author to title, original cloth in dust wrapper, and other Hilary Mantel titles, including An Experiment in Love, Fludd, Vacant Possession, A Place of Greater Safety, Bring Up The Bodies, etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrapper, many signed, 8vo, VG (19)
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£200-300
976 Naipaul (V.S.). Two Worlds. Nobel Lecture, December 7, 2001, original wrappers, 8vo, limited signed edition of 70, together with 17 others by Naipaul including An Area of Darkness, 1964, A Flag on the Island, 1967, The Mimic Men, 1967, The Overcrowded Barracoon, 1972, Guerrillas, 1975 and India: A Wounded Civilization, 1977
£150-200
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£250-300
973 McEwan (Ian). The Cement Garden, 1978; The Comfort of Strangers, 1981; The Child in Time, 1987, 1st editions, original cloth, dust jackets (spines a little faded), 8vo, each signed to title by the author (Child in Time inscribed), together with five other first editions by McEwan: The Innocent, 1990, Atonement, 2001, Saturday, 2005, On Chesil Beach, 2007 and Solar, 2010 (signed) (8)
£150-200
974* Murdoch (Iris). The One Alone, Colophon Press, 1995, original wrappers, large 8vo, limited signed edition of 232, this copy out of series and not numbered, together with 28 autograph letters and cards signed by Iris Murdoch, circa 1977-89, mostly undated, many with original envelopes, to Penelope and Ralph Tanner, mostly conversational but a few with philosophical references: “It’s not too late to read Plato... it’s not so important to read him in Greek and much of the stuff is so beautiful. I think I agree with you about God - I cannot credit a personal God. But there is something about the reality and imagination of God which is true... I am a bit of a Manichee! I certainly cannot think of religion as just an old superstition... Eastern forms of religion are wiser than Christianity in many ways”, plus circa 23 autograph cards and letters to the Tanners from John Bayley and a philosophical letter from Penelope Tanner to Iris Murdoch. The Tanners were close friends and neighbours of Murdoch and Bayley (Penelope Tanner was also the biographer of the writer Ethel M. Dell) (approx 50)
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977 Ondaatje (Michael). The Dainty Monsters, 1st Canadian edition, Coach House Press, 1967, signed by the author to title, original cloth in dust wrapper, 8vo, VG, limited edition 181/500, together with The English Patient, 1st UK edition, Bloomsbury, 1992, signed by the author to title, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 8vo, plus The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, 1st American edition, New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1974, monochrome illustrations, original brown cloth in price-clipped dust wrapper, some light marks, 8vo, and Coming Through Slaughter, 1st American edition, New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1976, signed by the author to title, original quarter cloth in price-clipped dust wrapper, 8vo, VG, plus other Michael Ondaatje works, including many first editions, proof copies, some duplicates, many signed (approx. 90)
£600-800
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£300-500
978 Owen (Wilfred). Poems, 1st edition, 1920, portrait frontispiece, short closed marginal tear to page 15, some light spotting, title and endpapers with some offsetting and toning, previous owner signature to half title and front endpaper, original red cloth, printed label to spine, spine faded with tiny tear at head, small 4to First collection of Wilfred Owen’s war poetry, with the introduction by Siegfried Sassoon and promoted by Sassoon and Edith Sitwell. Contains all his best known poems ‘Apologia pro Poemate Meo’, Anthem for Doomed Youth’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’. (1) £400-600
979 Pasternak (Boris). Doktor Zhivago, 1st edition in Russian, Milan, Feltrinelli Editore, 1957, text in Russian, original pale green boards lettered in black, upper joint partly split at head and foot, some faded patches to upper portion of spine, in original dust wrapper, somewhat worn with tears and losses to spine and edges, margins reinforced with clear tape, together with a copy of the first English edition of the same work, published by Collins in 1958 in frayed dust wrapper, both 8vo (2)
984 Pullman (Philip). His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, 1995; The Subtle Knife, 1997; The Amber Spyglass, 2000, 1st editions, usual slight marginal yellowing to text blocks, original cloth, dust jackets, Northern Lights first issue jacket with ‘Point’ on spine and Pratt Street address to rear flap, Carnegie Medallion to upper cover, 8vo, plus Lyra’s Oxford, 2003 (signed)
£300-500
Presentation copies, Northern Lights and The Amber Spyglass both inscribed by the author to titles, The Subtle Knife signed to title. (4) £400-600
980 Peake (Mervyn). Titus Groan, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1946; Gormenghast, 1950; Titus Alone, 1959, 1st editions, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jackets (later laminated), small repairs to verso, some toning and fading to spines, a few stains, 8vo The Gormenghast trilogy. (3)
985 Pynchon (Thomas). V., 1st edition, 1st issue, Lippincott, Philadelphia & New York, 1963, original lilac cloth, some fading and light toning to spine and extremities, price-clipped dust jacket (with chapter headings to rear panel), a little rubbed with a few chips and tears, 8vo, together with V., 1st UK edition, 1963, contemporary owner inscription, original clotj, price-clipped dust jacket, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus The Crying of Lot 49, 1st UK edition, 1966, original cloth, dust jacket, a few faint spots to rear flap, 8vo, with eight others by Pynchon including Slow Learner, 1984 and Vineland, 1st US and UK editions, 1990
£150-200
981 Penguin Designer Classics. The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Penguin Designer Classics, 2006, designed by Ron Arad, original perspex case, shrinkwrap, 8vo, limited edition 945/1000, together with Crime and Punishment, Penguin Designer Classics, 2006, designed by Fuel (i.e. Stephen Sorrell and Damon Murray), dust jacket, original perspex box, shrinkwrap (loosening), 8vo, limited edition 799/1000
(11)
£300-400
Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Penguin Classics. (2) £100-150
982 Powell (Anthony). The Acceptance World, 1955; At Lady Molly’s, 1957; Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant, 1960; The Kindly Ones, 1962; The Valley of the Bones, 1964; The Soldier’s Art, 1966; The Military Philosophers, 1968; Books Do Furnish a Room, 1971; Temporary Kings, 1973; Hearing Secret Harmonies, 1975, 1st editions, a few marginal spots and previous owner inscriptions, Acceptance World with ‘Overseas Edition not for Canada’ ink stamp to rear pastedown (repeated at foot of dust jacket rear panel), Rex Whistler designed bookplate, Hearing Secret Harmonies rear endpaper torn with loss, original cloth (some fading to one or two spine ends), dust jackets, four titles price-clipped, Acceptance World reinforced to verso, some fading to spines, a few small nicks and stains to rear panels, 8vo (10)
£200-300
983 Pratchett (Terry). The Carpet People, 1st edition, Colin Smythe, Gerrards Cross, 1971, illustrations, library stamps to title, fore-edge and a few lower margins, original cloth, small splits at spine ends, some edgewear, dust jacket, chips and tears at spine ends and folds, duraseal protective cover adhered to verso with clear tape, small 4to The author’s first book. (1)
986 Riding (Laura). Twenty Poems Less, 1st edition, Paris, Hours Press, 1930, a few light spots (generally in good, clean condition), untrimmed, original black morocco-backed boards with small surrealist design by Len Lye, very slightly rubbed to extreme head and foot of spine (generally in very good condition), with glassine dust wrapper, a little frayed and chipped with a little loss to spine, 4to
£70-100
Limited signed edition 110/200 (1)
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£150-200
988 Rushdie (Salman). Midnight’s Children, 1981; The Satanic Verses, 1988; Haroun and the Sea of Stories, 1990; The Moor’s Last Sigh, 1995, 1st editions, light marginal spotting to Midnight’s Children, slight marginal toning to Satanic Verses, original cloth, dust jackets, some fading to Midnight Children and Satanic Verses spines, last three titles signed to title by the author, together with a 1st US edition of Midnight’s Children (signed), an advance review copy of the 1st US edition of Grimus, 1979 (loose in wrapper, lacking title but signed and dated 1983 by the author to page 5), and others by Rushdie, 1st editions, proof copies, reprints etc, many signed (35)
£300-500
989 Sassoon (Siegfried). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1928, some toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue buckram, spine toned with a few stains, some fading to covers, 8vo, limited signed edition 141/260, together with Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1928, 2nd impression with ‘A’ on blank leaf before half title, light spotting front and rear, original cloth (slight stains to spine), dust jacket, one or two nicks and closed tears, 8vo, plus Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, 1st edition, 1930, partly unopened, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, spine toned, small tear and loss at head of rear panel, 8vo, inscribed by the author to Eric Norris (photographer?), 1966, plus two others including Sherston’s Progress, 1st edition, 1936 (5)
£300-400
990 Sassoon (Siegfried). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1928; Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, 1930; Sherston’s Progress, 1936, 1st editions, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man 2nd impression (with letter ‘A’ at foot of blank preceding half title), light toning to endpapers, original cloth (spines a little darkened or faded), dust jackets, FoxHunting restored, some toning to Infantry Officer and Sherston’s Progress spines, 8vo, together with 11 others by Sassoon including The Road to Ruin, 1st edition, 1933, inscribed to sisters Beryl and Eileen Hunter, the gardeners at Wilsford, Wiltshire, Selected Poems, 1925, Satirical Poems, 1926, Weald of Youth, 1942 (2 copies) and Poems Newly Selected 1916-1935, 1940 (14)
£300-500
987 Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st edition, 1998, usual light marginal toning to textblock, original pictorial boards (extreme tip at foot of spine faded), dust jacket, some fading to spine, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to dedication leaf: “To Jack (again) hope you like this one, too, J.K. Rowling”. The recipient, Jack Allman attended the annual award ceremony of the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, Children’s Book Award at Kensington Roof Gardens, 24 May 1998, where the author won the award for The Philosopher’s Stone. The sponsors presented the present copy of The Chamber of Secrets to Jack who asked the author to sign, the ‘again’ in the inscription refers to her having also signed his paperback copy of The Philosopher’s Stone. There are two loose photographs of Jack at the ceremony with J.K. Rowling. (1) £500-800
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991 Trevor (William). A Standard of Behaviour, 1958; The BoardingHouse, 1965; Elizabeth Alone, 1973, 1st editions, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jackets, some fading to Standard of Behaviour spine, short closed tear to Elizabeth Alone, 8vo, with others by Trevor including Death of a Professor, Colophon Press, 1997 (limited signed edition 4/200), Low Sunday, 1950, Colophon Press, 2000 (limited signed edition 199/200), The Children of Dynmouth, 1976, signed, The News from Ireland, 1986 and Death in Summer, uncorrected proof, 1998 (15)
£400-600
992 Unsworth (Barry). The Partnership, 1966; The Greeks Have a Word for It, 1967; The Hide, 1970, 1st editions, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jackets, a few small chips and tears, 8vo, together with Wodwo, by Ted Hughes, 1st edition, 1967, original cloth, dust jacket, spine slightly toned, 8vo, plus An Acre of Land, by R,S. Thomas, 1st edition, 2nd impression, Newtown, March 1952, a little light spotting, previous owner signature, original wrappers, spine rubbed, some soiling, 8vo, with others including R.S. Thomas, plus a small quantity of dust jacket front cover artwork, most printed, a few original, mounted on black paper, 1950’s by Sax and others (approx 100)
£200-300
994 Waugh (Evelyn). Remote People, 1st edition, Duckworth, 1931, frontispiece and two folding maps, some spotting, library label to front free endpaper, original purple cloth gilt (small faded spots at head and foot of lower joint), original green printed dust jacket, rubbed and frayed, a little loss at head of spine (without loss of lettering), and at foot of lower joint, spine darkened and with sellotape adhesion remains near foot, 8vo (1)
£200-300
995 Waugh (Evelyn). Black Mischief, 1st edition, 1932, map frontispiece, some light spotting, review for the book pasted to front endpaper, bookplate of W & M Preston and bookseller sticker to front pastedown, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with a presentation inscription from the author on notepaper pasted to front endpaper verso: “To Margaret Preston, with all good wishes for Xmas from Sydney the Saint”, together with Scoop, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1938, 1st issue with ‘as’ in last line of page 88, a little light toning and a few spots, bookplate to half title, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus Officers and Gentlemen, 1955 and Unconditional Surrender, 1959, 1st editions (4)
996 Welsh (Irvine). Trainspotting, 1st edition, 1993, light marginal toning to textblock, original wrappers, some fading to spine, 8vo, signed by the author, together with Filth, ‘obscene’ edition, 1998, light toning to textblock, dust jacket and additional pornographic dust jacket, limited signed edition 27/50, plus Glue, 1st edition, 2001, light toning, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed, with others by Welsh including Porno, 2002, If You Liked School, You’ll Love Work, 2007 and Crime, 2008, all signed, plus others, US editions etc, most signed
993 Waugh (Evelyn). The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy, Chapman & Hall, [1948], illustrations printed in red, one or two light spots to fore margins, top edge gilt, original green cloth (slight fading to spine and lower portion of upper cover, glassine dust wrapper, torn with losses, 8vo Limited signed edition 77/250. (1)
£150-200
£200-300
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997 White (T.H.). The Sword in the Stone, 1st edition, 1938, a little light spotting, original black cloth, spine lettered in white, dust jacket, neat repairs and restorations to verso, 8vo (1)
£300-400
998 Wilde (Oscar). Lady Windermere’s Fan, a Play about a Good Woman, Paris, [Leonard Smithers], 1903, original cloth wrappers and spine bound in at rear, all edges gilt, contemporary art nouveau-style three-quarter crushed dark green morocco (somewhat faded to brown), by Hatchards, a few minor marks to joints and extremities, 8vo Limited edition 166/250. The pirated edition by Leonard Smithers. (1) £100-150
999 Wodehouse (P.G.). Money For Nothing, 1928; Summer Lightning, 1929; Big Money, 1931; The Luck of the Bodkins, 1935; Laughing Gas, 1936, 1st editions, a little light spotting and toning to a few endpapers, Summer Lightning lacking front endpaper, Big Money with one leaf detached with frayed fore margin and library stamp and label removed from front pastedown, original cloth, spines (and extremities of Summer Lightning and Big Money) faded, 8vo, with other first editions in jackets of Galahad at Blandings, 1965, Plum Pie, 1966, The Girl in Blue, 1970, Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin, 1972, Bachelors Anonymous, 1973 and Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen, 1974, plus others, second printings, reprints etc (approx 80)
1000 Wodehouse (P.G.). The Little Nugget, 1914; Good Morning Bill, 1928; If I Were You, 1931; Mulliner Nights, 1933; Thank You Jeeves, 1934; Right Ho, Jeeves, 1934, 1st editions, Little Nugget & Mulliner Nights 1st US editions, a little light spotting, previous owner inscriptions to Good Morning Bill & Right Ho, Jeeves, bookplate to Thank You, Jeeves, original cloth, Little Nugget spine lettering faded, Thank You, Jeeves spine with some toning, Right Ho, Jeeves rebound in half calf, 8vo, together with others by Wodehouse including William Tell Told Again, 3rd issue 1904 (lacking front endpaper) and 5th issue, [1904], Mulliner Nights, 1935 (lacking jacket), Money in the Bank, [1946], Full Moon, [1947], Spring Fever, [1948], Ice in the Bedroom, 1966 and Service With a Smile, plus some American re-issues 1930’s in jackets, later UK and US printings, duplicates etc, and Eileen McIlvaine’s Wodehouse bibliography, 1990
Lot 997
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£200-300
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SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS & COMPUTING WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 2019
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FILM POSTER ARTWORK & OPERA WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 2019
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FINE BIRDS BOOKS FROM A PRIVATE LIBRARY EARLY AGRICULTURAL PRINTS WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2019
R.C. Reeve. The West Keal Ox, Winner of the II Class Premium of Twenty Sovngs & Silver Medal to the Breeder; Also the Gold Medal for the best Beast exhibited in any of the Cattle Classes at Smithfield, 1832. Bred & Fed by Mr. J.B. Topham of West Keal, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, hand-coloured aquatint by R.C. Reeve after Henry Strafford, image size 44.5 x 59 cm (17.5 x 23.25 ins), period gilt frame, glazed (from a collection of early agricultural prints to be included in this sale).
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